An app that allow family and friends to monitor their loved one’s health and wellbeing has been recognised with an innovation award.
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.
New tool assesses facility culture to help cut psychotropic drug use
Improving organisational culture in residential aged care can reduce the use of psychotropic medications among residents, a consultant pharmacist and researcher tells Australian Ageing Agenda.
Call for rural facilities to develop partnerships with oral health services
An integrated oral health program that includes tele-dentistry is providing better oral health and quality of life outcomes of rural aged care residents, a rural health researcher tells Australian Ageing Agenda.
Residents and staff walk to support mental health
Mutual aged care and assisted living provider Australian Unity has hosted a series of walks to raise awareness about mental wellbeing as part of international mental health week celebrations.
Committee told more detail required in proposal to publish staffing ratios
Publishing staffing ratios with relevant data and context is required so people seeking aged care can make informed decisions, submissions into the recent staffing ratio inquiry shows.
Residents navigate the web over high tea
Aged care residents in NSW and South Australia have been provided with IT lessons to use the Internet safely and music playlists to help reconnect with their memories as part of intergenerational programs underway.
Music program benefits residents with advanced dementia
A music-based trial to improve the wellbeing, behavioural and psychological symptoms of residents living with dementia has been launched at the Whiddon Group’s Laurieton facility.
Deaths from dementia on the rise
Dementia continues to be the leading cause of death among Australian women, and the second leading cause of death of all Australians behind heart disease, according to an Australian Bureau of Statistics report released earlier this week.
Consumer group releases aged care fix-it list
Consumer advocacy group COTA Australia has released a position paper setting out what it says needs to be done to fix the aged care system as the sector braces for a royal commission.
New site offers comparison of retirement living services
A new website has been launched to allow older Australians to compare retirement living villages and find the best possible service to suit individual needs.
Residents happiest in clustered home models
Residents living in aged care facilities with clustered domestic models rated quality of care higher than people living in standard aged care homes, Flinders University research finds.
Study finds AI keeps residents safe
A study highlights the importance of artificial intelligence to detect falls for safer practice and harm reduction among residents.
