Aromatherapy for Palliative Care – VIDEO

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety highlighted “working in aged care is not a valued occupation” and “major change is necessary to deliver the certainty and working environment that staff need to deliver great quality care” – and there is no doubt much more needs to be done. Read More

Given the caring nature of their profession, the general public might assume there isn’t any vaccine hesitancy among health workers. It can surprise (and anger) the community when health workers protest the introduction of COVID vaccine mandates. In France, around 3,000 health workers have been suspended because they were not vaccinated. In Greece, health workers have protested against mandatory vaccination plans. Similar scenes have played out in Canada and New York State. Read More

Reforms to the aged care sector will see aged care facilities staff Registered Nurses (RNs) 24/7 to improve the quality of care, but a national palliative care peak body has said there’s a missed opportunity to improve that care even more. Read More