May 25, 2019

The Importance of Influenza Vaccination – Aged Care

The Importance of Vaccination

When it comes to older Australians, contracting the flu can have deadly consequences, and being vaccinated before the winter months can make all the difference to the wellbeing of an elderly loved one. Hear from expert in the field Professor Robert Booy.

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When is a Package for Community Aged Care Not a Package?

Over the last 6 months, I have been travelling around Queensland speaking to older people about aged care services, and how to access My Aged Care to organise these services. What I am consistently surprised by is the confusion that exists across the board in this group, especially when it comes to the question of “packages”. On... Read More

People Living With Dementia Lose Their Ability To Daydream, New Research Reveals

Research by neuroscientists at the University of Sydney has shown that people living with frontotemporal dementia ­– a form of younger-onset dementia – lose the ability to daydream and have no inner monologue. It is believed that those with healthy minds spend at least 50% of their waking lives daydreaming and allowing their mind to... Read More

Do you want to be resuscitated? This is what you should think about before deciding

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
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