Education videos showcase CDC delivery
The Department of Health has produced a series of short videos highlighting case studies of innovation and successful delivery of...
Year: 2015
Suffering in silence: understanding pain and dementia
The National Ageing Research Institute is hosting a half-day workshop on pain in dementia where aged care providers and healthcare...
Community transport co-op launches in NSW
Three Greater Western Sydney community transport organisations, Bankstown Canterbury Community Transport, Community Wheels Transport and Great Community Transport, have merged...
Noticeboard: Latest acquisitions and sector appointments
In this story: Just Better Care appoints successor, as founder steps down Australian Unity continues home care buy-up PresCare adds...
Peak urges nutrition training for home care workers
Alzheimer’s Australia NSW has called for national nutrition guidelines to be developed for meal delivery services funded under the Commonwealth...
Learning at your desk: Upcoming sector webinars
The Department of Health is hosting a webinar for aged care service providers on the ongoing rollout of My Aged...
New areas of ageing research on show
Emerging researchers in the field of ageing will gather in Melbourne next week to examine some of the key issues...
Home care reforms the ‘mother of all disruptions’
Government reforms to the home care sector to be introduced from February 2017 will create a more significant and larger...
Support for older people to plan transport under CDC
A new resource developed by Alzheimer’s Australia NSW is encouraging consumers to consider the role of transport when making decisions...
Government signals consumer reviews for My Aged Care
The Minister for Aged Care Sussan Ley has reaffirmed the government's intention for the My Aged Care gateway to progressively resemble...
Career changers eye care sector jobs
Community care offers the kind of flexibility, support and job satisfaction many mature age workers seek in order to stay...
Connecting over coffee: dementia cafes proving a hit
Just their cup of tea: Alzheimer's Australia Victoria runs The Memory Lane cafe program A network of cafes aimed at...