Once unannounced visits are introduced, reaccreditation may no longer be necessary, suggests Kate Carnell, lead author of the Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes report. Speaking at the Criterion Aged Care Reform After the 2018 Federal Budget Conference, Ms Carnell said, “I can’t for the life of me see what the point is...
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Scientists and doctors have long believed that women’s and men’s brains age differently. Now researchers have shown that time does affect women and men’s brains differently – men’s brains diminish more quickly than women’s. As men and women age, their brain size shrinks, and the rate of brain metabolism slows. Researchers set out to find out...
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The residents of a Queensland aged care facility have united in protest against plans to build a crematorium within 50 metres of their home. Residents say the proposal to build a crematorium so close to an aged care facility is deeply insensitive. For those in the final years, and even days, of their life, to...
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