Residential Aged Care Facilities articles
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January 12, 2009
Private aged-care facilities to knock back dementia sufferers
Queensland Health has warned that privately operated aged care facilities will increasingly "cherry-pick" low-cost residents and shut out higher-cost dementia sufferers.
Filed under: Policy
August 26, 2008
Improving aged and community care for Indigenous Australians
The Federal Government has called for tenders to develop new workforce training to support Indigenous people working in aged and community care in the Northern Territory.
Filed under: Policyworkforce+training, indigenous+health, community+care, aged+care
August 18, 2008
Psychogeriatric nurse practitioner discusses her passion for her work
Anne Moehead, OAM describes her work in Dementia and Psychogeriatrics over the past 16 years, and more recent achievement of becoming the first accredited Nurse Practitioner in Psychogeriatrics in NSW.
Filed under: Uncategorised
August 17, 2008
Study: Validation of two aged care facility falls risk screening tools
A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia has validated two easy-to-use falls-risk screening tools for use in aged care.
Filed under: Quality » Researchresearch, falls+risk, quality+care
July 24, 2008
Study: Regular health assessments help elderly
A major Australian study conducted by the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine at Monash University has indicated that routine health assessments can help in the early identification of modifiable factors such as depression, dementia and physical disability.
June 23, 2008
Report: Culture change in US nursing homes
This Commonwealth Fund Report outlines how the "culture change" movement in US nursing homes is making them more desireable places to live and work.
June 12, 2008
Report: Aged care residents more dependent and staying longer
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's report entitled Residential Aged Care in Australia 2006-07: a statistical overview has highlighted that aged care recipients are staying and requiring higher levels of care...
Filed under: Research » Statisticscare+level, dependency
June 01, 2008
Safety plan to tag dementia patients
A radical plan by the Rudd Labor Government will see old people who have dementia or Alzheimers disease electronically monitored with devices implanted in their wristwatch or ankle bracelet.
Filed under: Innovation » Policyjustine+elliot, aged+care+policy, electronic+tagging
May 09, 2008
Minister encourages IT adoption in aged care
The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, is encouraging the adoption of IT systems in Aged Care, citing recently conducted research demonstrating that significant improvements in care, medication management and operational efficiency occur following implementation of such systems.
Filed under: Innovation » Policy » Quality » Statistics » Technology