Aromatherapy has be shown to be beneficial for people in palliative care and their families. Learn more about how essential oils and massage can help people.
Residential aged care workers who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 but choose to go to work can be fined up to $20,000 from September 17 in the state of WA. Has the government gone overboard? Or will harsher penalties save more elderly lives?
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The federal government is expected to provide a comprehensive response to the Aged Care Royal Commission's damning report in the federal budget. But the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is concerned the government won't fund the commission's recommended mandated nursing ratios and skills mix.
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Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) legislation is coming up for review and dementia advocates are calling for the scheme to be expanded to include them.
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