What do older people want in quality aged care services? Lauren Todorovic, CEO HelloCare Interviews Judy Gregurke, National Manager Aged Care Reform, COTA Australia about the Quality Indicators in Aged Care. #agedcarequality18
One of the biggest challenges for providers of Aged Care Facilities is meeting the expectations of residents and their families. From my perspective, as an Aged Care Placement Consultant, I perceive that many families expect their loved ones to receive one on one attention 24/7. Of course, this is unrealistic as sometimes the other residents will...
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Paid placements will help attract more speech pathology students, but aged care providers need support now. Limited access to speech pathologists continues to put older people at risk of choking, malnutrition and avoidable hospitalisations.
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare advise that 1 in 5 seniors are obese and that this number has trebled over the last 20 years. A recent report out of the US highlighted the increasing number of elderly clients in aged care who were morbidly obese and as a result were in need of...
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