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.
When night shift ends and morning staff clock on, there is sometimes an expectation that some residents will already have been showered. But if they haven’t, should staff wake residents early in the morning to shower them?
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Like much of the aged care workforce, Suzi always wanted to make a career out of caring for others. As part of Aged Care Employee Day celebrations, find out how a childhood surrounded by older relatives inspired a career dedicated to the wellbeing of elderly Australians.
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When a Newcastle aged care worker discovered her own mother had dropped to only 38 kilograms at a different facility, she knew she had to take leave immediately and help her. But what about the residents who don’t have any family to take care of them?
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