Products Articles

Recent articles - Page 2

• Advice
• · Health and Wellbeing
New service guides seniors through aged care minefield
SPONSORED STORY – A Gold Coast aged care community has kicked off the year with a unique program designed to alleviate the issues older Australians encounter when seeking aged care.

• Dementia
• · Health and Wellbeing
Enhancing the wellbeing of older people
SPONSORED STORY – Providing an older loved one with mental stimulation and enhanced wellbeing, whether in aged care or the family home, is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic...

• Health and Wellbeing
• · Products
Electronic drug register provides peace of mind in aged care
SPONSORED STORY – Victorian aged care provider Nagambie Aged Care has streamlined its services utilising an electronic controlled drug register, which has reduced the administrative burden on...

• Culture Awareness
• · Dementia
Substitute emotional support animals bring love and joy
SPONSORED STORY – During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, older people experienced social isolation and loneliness on a whole new scale. To help combat this, one company aimed to bring a...

• Dementia
• · Health and Wellbeing
Dementia Australia launches new ‘micro-lessons’ app for home care workers
Peak body for dementia, Dementia Australia, launched a new mobile app for home support and community care workers that aims to build the skills of these workers to provide quality care for people...

• Health and Wellbeing
• · Positive Ageing
innovAGEING 2020 National Award winners announced
The 2020 innovAGEING National Award winners were announced last night, recognising a range of industry organisations and people for their innovative approaches to challenges within the aged care...

• Education & Training
• · Leadership
ITAC Conference put the spotlight on innovation in aged care
SPONSORED STORY – The Information and Technology in Aged Care (ITAC) Conference was hugely successful this year, bringing together the best experts in aged care and innovative technology, and...

• Advice
DPS helping you stay at home for longer with brand new resource
Australians are living longer than ever before and most people want to live in their own home and community as they age. But when is it time to (re)consider your support options? What is involved,...

• Dementia
• · Education & Training
New cookbook raises funds for dementia bus
Not-for-profit Perth based organisation, Community Vision, has launched its newest recipe book to raise money for the community dementia bus, featuring special homemade recipes from Australian...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
New technology hub to support older Australians living at home
In a bid to keep older Australians at home for longer, a new research hub has been established with a recent $3 million Federal Government grant to help develop and research different technologies to...

• Health and Wellbeing
• · Positive Ageing
An active lifestyle is key to healthy ageing
SPONSORED STORY – Having an active lifestyle as a senior is often linked to a higher ability to maintain independence, which is why it’s widely recommended that seniors should aim for a...

• Education & Training
• · Government
LASA system supports safety and quality management long-term
SPONSORED STORY – With the new Aged Care Quality Standards now effective, the age services industry should be aware this is not the only regulatory change that came into force on 1 July.

• Products
• · Providers
Rapid response app perfect for this year’s predicted deadly flu season
A new web based app for nursing homes that coordinates faster responses to flu outbreaks will be rolled out across 30 residential aged care facilities in Sydney for a 12 month pilot.

• Government
Home care queue for older Australians is growing
Industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), believes the recent data from the Government reveals an increasing number of older Australians accessing care in their homes are not getting...

• Culture Awareness
ROYAL COMMISSION: Primary care is failing older people, My Aged Care needs fixing
Day two of the fourth series in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in Broome, Western Australia (WA), heard from multiple organisations that care in remote areas are failing older...