Forming dementia-friendly first responses
Improving life for people with dementia doesn’t just take a village – it takes a whole country, writes Marie Alford.
Long-form articles, analysis, expert opinions and key sector insights for aged care professionals in leadership, operations and frontline roles.
Improving life for people with dementia doesn’t just take a village – it takes a whole country, writes Marie Alford.
Drug safety expert Dr Tesfahun Eshetie explains a prescribing cascade begins when a medicine causes an adverse drug reaction that is mistaken for a new medical condition and much more.
Enabling rehabilitation and reablement in aged care requires a mutual understanding of expectations plus a transdisciplinary approach to self-directed and empowering client-centred services, write Dr Claire Gough and Judith Leeson.
Aged care-related stories from around the globe including Thailand, Scotland and Singapore.
For too long aged care providers have been held accountable on good care, but not necessarily on good health, writes Dr Tim Henwood.
From humble beginnings, the Australian Association of Gerontology has achieved much over the last six decades.
A project underway aims to strengthen the capacity of the aged care workforce to identify, prevent and manage indwelling urinary catheter issues, writes Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz.
Behind the mask, great leaders are only human, writes Dr Edwin Trevor-Roberts.
University of Tasmania’s Dr Sara Karacsony shares learnings from an aged care project found to improve quality of life for residents with dementia at end of life.
A cognitive impairment does not mean someone lacks capacity to consent to sex.
Sensor technology is being developed to assist older people to age in place.
Some of the aged care sector’s recent executive appointments.
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