Healthcare unions are backing calls for community members to display signs in their windows in support of NHS workers receiving a “fair” and “proper” wage increase on April 1.
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Assistants in nursing are being asked to massage elderly aged care residents, even those who are injured, according to a HelloCare reader. The reader has told us that AINs are expected to massage residents for five minutes in the course of daily personal care, and for a total of 20 minutes each week. “This was...
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When we hear that someone has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, we are also often given a stark timeline. “Doctors say he’s only expected to live six months,” someone might say. So, how do doctors come up with these life expectancies, and how accurate are they? After all, we’ve all heard the stories of...
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