Mundipharma Recognising Pain In People With Dementia Series 2

At the National Dementia Conference today, John Quinn delivered an honest and inspiring account of how he lives a full and satisfying life with dementia. Mr Quinn was a principal and vice principal of large primary schools throughout his 35-year career career, and was dedicated to educating students and colleagues. Diagnosed with dementia in 2010, Mr... Read More

A nurse practitioner, a health and wellbeing team and a provider serving older Australians in two states, including in remote areas, have been recognised for excellence at the aged care industry’s biggest event of the year. The inaugural Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) Excellence in Age Services Awards recognising an outstanding organisation, team and individualwere... Read More

In line with a COVIDSafe Australia guidance, the Commission has re-commenced conducting unannounced visits to aged care services. While we have undertaken risk-based site visits throughout the pandemic, as a temporary measure from 16 March 2020 we introduced a short period of notice (less than 48 hours) prior to visiting a site to minimise infection... Read More