Consumers welcome tech to age at home
Researchers have found that if older Australians are permitted to stay at home and age, they would be willing to...
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General Manager of Learning appointed at Altura
Altura Learning has announced the appointment of a new General Manager of Learning in Dr Roshmeen Azam. As Altura Learning...
Care finders navigating to nowhere
The term ‘Forgotten Australians’ refers to the estimated half a million children who were placed in institutional or out-of-home ‘care’...
Fee-free uni places
Monash University is seeking partnerships with aged care providers to offer 500 fee-free places to workers to complete an undergraduate...
Free aged care coronavirus training video
Microbiologist Margaret Jennings provides information on coronavirus in a new aged care training resource A new educational resource aims to...
Film helps staff understand what families go through
Anne and Melvin in educational film Mr Velvet Ears A multimedia resource launched this week aims to help residential aged...
Tools to help providers review policies on client decision-making
The Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre has launched a new resource for aged care providers to develop policy and processes on...
Resource shares tips for living independently with dementia at home
From lighting and noise to creating functional spaces, a new book provides tips for people with dementia and their carers...
Easy-to-understand guide to dementia
A digital talking book that provides information on dementia in plain English aims to make information about dementia more accessible to the...
Cookbook celebrates joy of eating at all stages of life
HammondCare’s executive chef Peter Morgan-Jones has collaborated with palliative medicine and allied health experts to produce a new cookbook for...
Tackling dementia awareness in primary healthcare
An online training resource has been developed for practice nurses and GPs to support improved outcomes in dementia care. The...
Boosting aged care workers’ knowledge of diabetes
A series of education modules has been launched to better equip the aged care workforce to care for a growing...