Simplicity is important when communicating with a person with dementia, the head of Dementia Australia tells Community Care Review.
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Program breaks down barriers to accessing NDIS
A community initiative is helping families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to better understand the national disability system.
Slight improvement on home care queue
More than 110,000 older people are still waiting to receive the home care package they have been approved for, a new report shows.
Intelligent ‘companion’ monitors elderly at home
An ageing population with a desire to remain at home is driving developments in assistive living technology.
New digital roster system aims to free care workers
Digital technology is increasingly helping home care providers improve efficiencies in their mobile workforces.
Four predictions for home care in 2020
A number of the Royal Commission’s interim findings are consistent with trends that providers should be focused on and prepared to tackle in 2020, writes Emma Pate.
New technology offers hope for detecting Parkinson’s
Trials of a new technology that researchers hope will dramatically improve screening for Parkinson’s disease are set to begin next year.
Dementia resource helps pick up signs of abuse
Tips on picking up signs of elder abuse are included in new guide dementia guide for primary care workers.
Govt says NDIS registration changes will cut red tape
Registration for operators who are seeking to become NDIS providers will be streamlined from next year.
WA launches ten-year elder abuse strategy
WA has become the first state to launch an elder abuse strategy.
AMA position paper calls for innovation in aged care
An AMA position statement says innovation and enhanced technology must be included in all current and future aged care planning.
New temporary housing option for young people in aged care
The government says Medium Term Accommodation will now be available under the NDIS as it moves to keep young people out of aged care.
Broken funding model ’cause of workforce problems’
A submission to the Aged Care Royal Commission has laid out concerns about individualised funding in home care, saying it has eroded working conditions and reduced the quality of care.
Seniors crave digital connection, study finds
Seniors are enthusiastic to embrace technology but continue to be excluded from the digital wave, a report has found.
