Aromatherapy for Palliative Care – VIDEO

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.

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Everybody’s Oma: A heartwarming approach to dementia care

Oma became an internet sensation when her son, Jason van Genderen, began posting whimsical videos of the family coming together during lockdowns to care for the Dutch matriarch, who was living with the effects of dementia. Now Jason has made a heartwarming feature film, set to premiere at the Sydney Film Festival. Read More

Vaccine update: All residential aged care workers can now get their jabs

The Department of Health has issued updated information about where aged care workers can access the vaccine as of today, May 3. Aged care homes can hold on-site vaccination clinics for staff to receive either the Pfizer or AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, depending on their age. Read More

‘Do not resuscitate’, and the consequences of not following it

Imagine … you are attending to a resident one day, and you suddenly find them unresponsive and not breathing. You believe the resident has a ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNR) order in place, but it’s not documented on your handover sheet and you have to make the critical decision to either; leave the resident whilst you go and find... Read More
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