Australia’s “death doulas” are taking the first steps towards becoming an incorporated national body and hope to gain accreditation over the next year, as they seek an established role in the palliative care process.
Conferences & Events
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2018 Aged Care Finance Forums
Oct 9 – Oct 25 all-day
Home Care Package Design Seminar
Oct 18 – Oct 23 all-day
LASA National Congress 2018
Oct 28 – Oct 30 all-day
"Advancing Not Retiring: Active Players, A Fair Future" 2018 AAG Conference
Nov 21 – Nov 23 all-day
COTA Financial Sustainability in Aged Care conference
Nov 21 – Nov 22 all-day
COTA Building a Quality Aged Care Workforce Conference
Nov 21 – Nov 22 all-day
ITAC 2018
Nov 21 – Nov 22 all-day
Latest News
New resource helps providers run volunteer spiritual care programs
A new evidenced-based guide supports aged care organisations to establish and manage a volunteer program to deliver spiritual care to residents.
John Pollaers appointed Swinburne Chancellor
The former head of the Aged Care Workforce Taskforce, Professor John Pollaers, has been appointed Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology.
Online course offers primer on polypharmacy
Altura Learning is releasing a new online course to help careworkers, registered and enrolled nurses and management understand medication management issues associated with polypharmacy.
Reducing costs of pressure injuries in aged care
The cost of treating pressure wounds in residential aged care can be reduced by using more sophisticated products and better techniques that result in faster healing times, new research indicates.
Trial for carers in rural communities underway
La Trobe University is calling for participants for an innovative project trialling three types of technology-based support for carers in rural communities.
Sector advised to take a stand on community issues
Aged care organisations should be prepared to voice their position on social matters as part of their overall brand and marketing strategy, an upcoming industry conference will hear.
NDIS taskforce makes first arrest
Some 200 people with a disability have had funds stolen from their accounts after a man allegedly defrauded the NDIS to the tune of $400,000.
Provider CEOs respond to latest details on royal commission
The aged care royal commission is an opportunity to bring policy and services in line with community expectations and what stakeholders are willing to pay, but it mustn’t interfere with reforms underway or decisions on others, aged care CEOs tell Australian Ageing Agenda.
Supporting carers ‘won’t keep people with dementia out of residential care’
Providing support to carers who are looking after older people with dementia doesn’t delay or prevent them going into residential aged care, a comprehensive analysis of recent research has found.
Carer well being programs win govt grants
An app for that provides an “Ikea manual” for managing medication, an ecotherapy program, a study of the impact of the NDIS on rural carers and a project targeting siblings in indigenous families are among a group of innovative NSW-based initiatives designed to make life easier for carers.
Coathanger no longer a bridge too far for people with disability
Disability advocates have hailed the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge elevators as a landmark day for accessibility in Australia, saying it means the Sydney icon can now be enjoyed by people with disability and the elderly.
