Early identification is the first step in addressing malnutrition. This requires systematic routine screening processes.
The pictures men in paid care work are painting of work in the disability sector versus work in aged care are astonishingly different.
As a federal government taskforce ponders how to improve the system, a new study focuses on nurses in two Victorian residential aged care homes, and how they feel about and operate in their workplaces.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
There are many innovations that can bridge the gap for better support and care for older Australians in their home.
There are about 50 sexual assaults in Australian aged care homes every week, but staff are expected to assess the severity and impact of incidents without training.
The healthcare sector needs to look within, and find a new way to reconnect with the people it serves.
There are three measures for assessing whether public policy is successful, and the Coalition has been found wanting on all three. But there’s one policy area that’s an even bigger disaster.
Case studies on ageing have been turned into creative narratives, with the help of Miles Franklin Literary Award winner Josephine Wilson.
Speaking from her own experience, Julie Dempsey has become an authoritative voice in improving mental health care.
Beyond COVID-19, is AI part of the response to the failures of aged care?
Resolving the COVID-19 crisis in aged care requires more than extra funds – it requires a national, evidenced-based plan. Here's what one should look like.
Royal commissions can deliver valuable outcomes to society through classic influence strategies.
The COVID-19 death toll in aged-care homes is spiking. Protocols need to urgently be put in place to prevent infection, but there also needs to be detailed plans for when an outbreak occurs.
The mental health of young women is far more sensitive to unemployment than the mental health of young men.
Expanding suicide prevention frameworks to include aged care residents, aligning nursing home life with community living, and improving residents' access to mental heath services is a good start.
The aged care royal commission's interim report paints a picture of a system in deep crisis. Its recommendations for action have some merit, but won't address what are underlying systemic problems.
For the first time in human history, the world's population is rapidly ageing, and in an ageist society we're ill-prepared to handle it. A Different Lens explores the challenges of an ageing population.
Around 6000 Australians aged under 65 live in nursing homes, cut off from their families and peers, with inadequate support for their disabilities.
Regulatory failure in gambling runs deep, and is a major political problem.
Using pressure injury rates to target underperforming nursing homes is critical to improving Australia’s aged care system.
Sixty-three per cent of Australian aged care residents take at least nine different medications regularly.
Regulating physical restraint of the elderly in nursing homes is a step in the right direction, but more still needs to be done to educate the sector on alternatives.
By the time the aged care royal commission's recommendations lead to improvements in our nursing homes, four cohorts of residents will have died. Here's why.
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