Mar 31, 2019

The Ageing Nursing Workforce: A Global Challenge

With the rapidly ageing nursing workforce globally, how will we continue to recruit the number of nurses we need to address the shortfall in the sector? Hear from Dan Levitt MSc. CHE, Executive Director, Tabor Home Society (Canada). Australian Healthcare Week #AHW19

HelloCare interviewed an inspiring female leader Kylie Ward, CEO, Australian College of Nursing on the future of #nursing, training and also the shear volume of the unregulated workforce and it’s impact on the sector.

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Elderly People Are More Content

Surveys have found that older people tend to be more content than when they were younger, which displaces a fallacy often believed that the elderly are miserable and old age is to be shunned and ignored. I have a lot to do with the elderly in my role as an Aged Care Placement Consultant and I do... Read More

The five changes that could fix aged care

Australia’s peak advocacy body for older Australians COTA Australia today outlined the five priority fixes that need to occur in the near future to address well documented failures in aged care while the Royal Commission into aged care is conducting further investigation of the sector. COTA Chief Executive, Ian Yates said Keep fixing Australia’s aged... Read More

Premature Deaths in Aged Care: Fall Prevention and The Dignity of Risk

A recent study found that thousands of older people were dying from incidents that could be easily preventable. Between 2000 and 2013, there were over 21,000 aged care residents who died in care. And of them 15.2% died because of “external causes”. The number one external cause of these deaths were falls. It was found... Read More
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