Food quality for older people

Australians must change the “ecosystem” of care to incorporate dementia to a greater degree, even if it means we have to do it ourselves, an aged care workforce expert has urged. Professor John Pollaers OAM, former chair of the Australian Workforce Taskforce, said Australians who want to see improvements to the way we care for... Read More

This Can’t Be Happening You went into nursing as a profession because you are compassionate, great at solving problems, and a hard worker. The last thing you ever expected was to face a bully in your workplace. Suddenly heading to hospital or the aged care facility in the morning causes feelings of anxiety and panic... Read More

Patients admitted to hospital are often surprised when their doctors ask: “If your heart were to stop beating, would you want CPR or not?” But in every code blue doctors need answers to the same two questions. First, whether the clinical team considers CPR would be an effective treatment; and second, whether the patient wants CPR. Read More