Allied health key to ‘living optimally’
The Short-Term Restorative Care Program is being replaced by a new restorative care pathway under Support at Home, Australia's Chief...
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SaH allied health price policy ‘must be revised’
A critical flaw lies within the Guidance for setting Support at Home prices fact sheet published by the Department of...
Health-literate staff can better support clients
Allied health, exercise, reablement and restorative care are critical to helping older people maintain independence, dignity, and quality of life,...
Paul Johnson Award finalists named
Aged care provider executive Bernard Morrison and allied health provider executives Shehan Fernando and Simon Kerrigan have made the finals...
All villages should adopt positive ageing strategies
Retirement villages are uniquely positioned to transform into a one-stop shop on the continuum of care so older Australians can keep ageing in...
Prevention practices key to seniors ageing at home
Australia – including aged care providers – needs to get serious about health literacy, says David Moran – chief executive...
Introducing the Paul Johnson Positive Ageing Award
Applications are open for the Paul Johnson Positive Ageing Award, which is an initiative of the Positive Ageing Summit to...
New focus on allied health coming to home care
The Support at Home program manual’s focus on reablement and wellness shows the government values allied health and therapy and...
Community hubs keep older people fit, mobile
Uniting Agewell has opened two new community hubs in Berwick and Burwood East in Melbourne this month, and to celebrate,...
Embrace of reablement needed for positive ageing
Without more active lifestyles, a growing older population will experience a poorer quality of life and suffocate the health and...
Positive Ageing Summit elevates allied health
Set to become a cornerstone for shaping the future of aged care, Positive Ageing Summit takes to Adelaide from 28-29...
Positive Ageing Summit announced
We are thrilled to launch Positive Ageing Summit – a two-day conference where experts, health and aged care professionals, policymakers...