Words matter in dementia care. New software stops carers from using terms like “demented” or “aggressive,” swapping them for respectful words that honour people with dementia. Is this word control or care revolution?
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With a looming shortage of 110,000 aged care workers by 2030, can we afford to alienate staff? A powerful submission to HelloCare exposes how SIRS fosters a blame culture, discouraging reporting and innovation.
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Young disabled Australians are still forced into aged care due to NDIS delays and missed government targets. Over 1,161 people under 65 remain in nursing homes, despite a promise to end this by 2025.
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Why does dementia awareness lag in aged care? Hospitals invest in specialist knowledge, and childcare demands strict qualifications, yet aged care accepts a low baseline for dementia understanding.
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Aged care is failing, and self-funded retiree and polio survivor Peter Willcocks is calling on Anthony Albanese to make a real change as opposed to wasting billions on outsourced spin.
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Progress in aged care: The Quarter 2 2024-25 financial snapshot shows a jump in residential care profits, a rise in care minutes and a drop in agency staff useage - but challenges remain.
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#WisdomWednesday
Wisdom Wednesday is about celebrating the experience and wisdom of our elders across the globe through storytelling. It's through these stories that we attempt to elevate their often unspoken worth and value of age unwittingly lost to peers and future generations.
Do you have an elders story to share or are you an elder yourself that would like to be interviewed? Help us celebrate the lives of older Australians through Wisdom Wednesday, a weekly segment posted every Wednesday.
Our older generation are by definition the most experienced members of our community, but as they age and transition into more passive, physically constrained roles in society, their importance often dwindles, particularly so as they enter long-term care.
