Giving a voice to people with impaired communication
The belief that people with an inability to speak or write are also intellectually impaired is widespread in the care...
The belief that people with an inability to speak or write are also intellectually impaired is widespread in the care...
Measuring factors like loneliness, connection to friends and family, sense of purpose and community engagement can easily be incorporated into...
There is currently no accurate way of estimating demand for home care in Australia and this has created huge gaps...
Australia's largest provider of rural home support services is participating in a study to assess whether using the internet to...
A researcher who has helped developed a tool to measure outcomes in community services wants to see it become a...
The rhetoric about “choice” in consumer directed care isn't translating into practice, an ageing conference has heard. Dr Tammy Aplin,...
A new dementia initiative aims to cut recruitment time for trials from the current waiting period of three years to...
In an Australian-first trial, NSW community service provider 3Bridges is piloting an integrated model of dementia support pioneered in the...
Resistance from consumers and a lack of financial incentives are some of the major barriers facing the widespread adoption of...
The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency has published a report into the drivers of consumer choice and perceptions of quality...
Harnessing the potential of community radio is one initiative being piloted to educate multicultural communities about aged care. Bilingual aged...
Low-paid disability support workers are spending large amounts of their working day in activities that are unpaid, a new study...