Health and justice partnership tackles elder abuse
A Melbourne health organisation has teamed up with a local community legal centre in a new partnership aimed at targeting...
Month: June 2019
Aged care staff can turn around low rates of advance planning
Aged care providers can help increase the uptake and implementation of advance care planning, according to a background paper released...
NDIS providers welcome price increases
Support co-ordinators will be able to claim increased travel time and non face-to-face activities from next month under NDIS price...
Home care queue passes 129,000
Almost 1,300 older Australians have joined the national home care queue, with more than 129,000 people currently waiting for their...
Physios overlooked in incontinence management
More than six million Australians live with some form of incontinence and yet the majority – 62 per cent -...
US Expert calls out Australia on elder abuse
A US elder abuse expert says Australia's legal system is "silent" on elder abuse, and it should consider criminalising it...
$600m in unspent funds undermining sustainability of providers
Australia’s home care providers are holding close to $7,000 in unspent funds for each client, a key aged care financial...
Technology offers rehab hope for neuromuscular disease
A new Australian invention designed to help people with neuromuscular diseases exercise and rehabilitate is showing promising results. The futuristic-looking...
App update makes medication management easier for carers
NPS Medicine Wise has updated its medication tracking app so it can be used by carers and healthcare workers who...
Aged care quality advisor recognised in Queen’s Birthday honours
Aged care expert Associate Professor Michael Murray, who was earlier this year appointed as the interim Chief Clinical Advisor to...
Dementia research service matches volunteers with trials
Australian dementia researchers have taken the lead from online dating services in an innovative approach to linking people with dementia...
App uses AI to detect Parkinson’s disease
A South Australian-developed app can detect early-stage Parkinson’s disease by using artificial intelligence to analyse video, its designers say. The...