The system needs to focus on the individual and their nutritional needs because currently residents are malnourished and starving to death, the royal commission has heard.
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Training helps financial planners detect elder abuse
Financial planners can complete an accredited training program to help them detect and prevent financial abuse of seniors.
Cultural issues behind resident’s inadequate care, royal commission hears
Issues between clinical staff and management staff at a Melbourne aged care facility impacted the quality of care received by an 87-year old Victorian woman, the inquiry has heard.
New tool keeps providers and families in touch
A new online application has been launched to help aged care providers connect with and update the families and friends of care recipients.
Noticeboard: Mirus Australia appoints new CEO
In this wrap: Benetas property general manager steps down; Australian Medical Association appoints secretary general; and National Rural Health Alliance appoints CEO.
Home visits help hip fracture patients
Hip fracture patients who have a home visit with an occupational therapist prior to leaving hospital have fewer readmissions and more functional independence after three months than those who don’t.
Commission hears of resident’s decline after failing to get home care
The royal commission has heard how an elderly woman who had to enter residential care after being told she would have a 12 month wait for home care died of infected ulcers three months later.
Investigation of People Care facility underway
The aged care regulator is taking steps to ensure the wellbeing and safety of all former residents of a Gold Coast facility that closed unexpectedly and has commenced an audit of the provider’s regulatory compliance.
Chair tells royal commission board was responsible for resident’s care failures
A provider has been questioned about its failure to adequately monitor, treat and document a resident throughout her stay and communicate appropriately with relatives including about maggots found in a wound.
Older people want to be understood, survey finds
Almost half of Australian seniors feel their identity is poorly understood or not heard well by their loved ones, a new survey shows.
Provider begins roll out of dementia cafes
Victorian provider Lifeview Residential Care has launched its first dementia café in a bid to improve support and education to people affected by dementia in the communities they provide services.
Quest to reduce falls in people with dementia continues
Preliminary results of a study into reducing falls in people with dementia have left researchers disappointed.
