What is it like to live with hearing loss? Many older people go years before they do anything about their hearing. Today we talk with audiologist Marguerite and her client Rosalie.
Once upon a time extended families lived together. The “maiden aunt” helped out, looking after babies and young children, often preparing delicious meals – which was a tremendous asset to any family. Mum and dad could go to work, enjoy their sports and social activities knowing the children and in fact the whole household was...
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The Ageing Asia forum held in Singapore over the last two days provided insights into the diversity of care models for older people accessing residential care across a range of Asian countries including Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and Japan. The provision of formalised or paid care is a growing industry in Asia where...
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Incontinence is, in fact, one of the main reasons people decide to make the transition into residential care, according to research.
It is often not until care workers begin working in the field that they can truly appreciate what’s involved with continence care and management.
Effective continence care and management requires staff to understand how the urinary and gastrointestinal systems work and the different types of incontinence and their triggers.
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