Planning for discharge from the hospital can often cause additional stress for patients and their carers, particularly if home is not the first option suggested by the medical team. Ensuring discharge planning begins early during the patient’s hospital stay is not only in the best interest of the hospital but for the elderly patient too....
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How we fund aged care has been a hot topic, and the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) saw changes within the industry – some for the good and some for the worst.
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High-end provider Thomas Holt is using the latest technology to genuinely transform the aged care experience, explained George Lymbers, CIO, and Steve Liliopoulos, Digital Information Manager, at Akolade’s Technology in Aged Care Forum. Mr Lymbers noted the importance of ensuring that “people” – staff, residents, and resident’s families – must be the drivers of new technologies...
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