Five years ago sisters and early childhood teachers, Anna and Fiona Glumac watched a moving doco about an intergenerational care centre in the US and it changed their lives. Now busily putting the finishing touches on their own facility - The Herd - their exciting project is set to improve social and academic outcomes for children in their care, along with reducing some of the isolating effects of life in aged care for elders. BIANCA ROBERTS reports
The Australian College of Nursing says it welcomes the NSW Government’s bonus to public sector health care professionals but says it should be tax-free and adopted by every jurisdiction in the country.
Telehealth was a vital alternative to in-person medical consultations during the COVID lockdowns, but recent changes to the Medicare Benefits Scheme and a lack of high speed, wireless internet connections that are accessible to aged care residents and their families has resulted in a poor uptake of telehealth in the sector. BIANCA ROBERTS chatted with CEO and founder of Coviu, Australia’s leading telehealth service provider, Dr Silvia Pfeiffer.
A new survey by the Aged Care Industry Technology Council is intended to inform on what constitutes the scope of a clinical system in aged care and the possible benefits of aligning these systems to standards.
Modest progress is being made on the push to end the phenomenon of younger persons living in residential aged care facilities, with 35 younger persons living with disability relocated from residential aged care to more appropriate accommodation, from October-December 2021. But there's much more work to be done, as BIANCA ROBERTS has discovered.
The Australian Dental Association has congratulated the Greens for addressing the seismic inadequacy in our dental health system, but it says that Adam Bandt's dental pitch which will cost $8bn a year or $77bn over a decade to provide Medicare-funded dental services, will be a challenge for any government to implement.
The Australian Private Hospitals Association has called for the major parties to make fixing the health workforce shortage their number one health policy priority for the federal election, with CEO Michael Roff saying the dearth of professionals is the single biggest challenge facing health care in Australia.
Everyone working in aged care has a role to play in pain management. In a workshop for aged care providers and staff last week, researchers from NARI provided insights on how pain management can best be optimised, as well as sharing news of their new toolkit to be released later this year. BIANCA ROBERTS reports
The nation's oral health has yet again shown to be of no importance to the Morrison Government, with scant mention of it made in last night's 2022 pre-election Budget, according to the Australian Dental Association.
The Federal Government has claimed that its 2022/23 Budget offers “a record investment” in Australia’s health care system, including aged care, but aged care advocacy bodies have immediately slammed it for failing to address the crux of the current quality and workforce crises hampering the industry’s recovery.
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