OPAN expands advocacy services
The older person’s advocacy network OPAN is expanding its aged care advocacy services and will launch a nationwide recruitment drive...
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Covid vax now available for NDIS under-15s
Around 40,000 NDIS participants aged between 12-15 now have access to the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine following approval from the immunisation...
Promoting trauma informed care during a pandemic
Covid-19 can be a source of trauma for older people, who may demonstrate physical, emotional, behavioural and cognitive responses. It...
Government launches national disability gateway
The federal government has officially launched a gateway and phone service to connect people with disability to local services. The...
Home care providers to trial carer support program
Home care providers Resthaven and Bolton Clarke will trial a support program designed for carers of people living with dementia...
Hayylo teams up with Telstra Health
Client and customer communications platform Hayylo has partnered with software provider Telstra Health in the provision of digital services in...
Silver Chain pilots overnight palliative respite
Home and palliative care provider Silver Chain has partnered with WA Health to provide overnight respite for palliative care recipients,...
Aged care system resource released for GPs
Two Brisbane primary health networks have released a national guide to help GPs, specialists and other health professionals support patients...
First-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s drug ‘offers real hope’
The approval in the US of a new, first-of its kind treatment for Alzheimer’s provides real hope for people in...
Study backs face-to-face aged care navigators
A study has confirmed what appears to be self-evident: older people like having expert face-to-face support to navigate aged care,...
Award winning falls prevention program gets results
A West Australian local council and a metropolitan health service have partnered in an award-winning community falls prevention program. City...
Home care redesign must be carer-inclusive
Carer recognition must be embedded into any redesign of the home care system, a researcher says. Cathy Duncan Together with...