On today, Allied Health Professions Day, Friday October 14, Allied Health Professions Australia is calling for greater recognition of the value and contribution of the allied health workforce to the health and wellbeing of older Australians.
This year's annual NARI summit featured a range of superb experts and a showcase of innovative research programs aimed at assisting older people to recovery both physically and mentally from what has been a challenging period to say the least. BIANCA ROBERTS provides her summary of a most engaging and informative day.
An innovative model of mental health care for older people has received a $2 million grant from the Medical Research Future Fund, with the research to be led by Silverchain and Monash University.
OPAN has hosted the first in a series of three online webinars discussing aspects of the #ReadytoListen campaign, which is aiming to stamp out sexual assaults occurring in aged care settings. “Culture matters," Dr Catherine Barrett said during the information session. "It’s not really just about a victim and perpetrator, it’s taking a step back and looking at the broader culture of aged care. We’ve not given aged care the resources they need to do this incredibly important work." BIANCA ROBERTS tuned in.
Settlement Services International has launched a recruitment campaign to attract, train and provide ongoing support and long-term career opportunities to potential employees across NSW and the ACT, as part of the Home Care Workforce Support Program.
A new specialist online education program for registered nurses and personal care assistants working in aged care, aims to improve care for older people living with Parkinson’s. Fight Parkinson’s CEO, Emma Collin, tells BIANCA ROBERTS that the educational program is a vital response to issues raised in the aged care royal commission.
Improving the funding of aged care remains a top priority for the majority of Australians following the recent federal election, according to a new poll.
Learning Vault CEO and co-founder Nicholas Robert discusses just how digital verifiable credentials are fast becoming the technology of choice to help aged care facilities hire not just quickly, but accurately.
Technology and digitisation have a critical to role to play in transforming an aged care system that can be scaled to meet the needs of the 1.2 million Australians who currently use the system, and to provide the respectful, compassionate and quality care every older Australian deserves – a new report by the RMIT-Cisco Health Transformation Lab has found.
Council on the Ageing Victoria (COTA VIC) has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of highly regarded former CEO, Tina Hogarth-Clarke. Chris Potaris comes to the role with a host of experience and a strong desire to see the promises of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety actualised.
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