Signs Of The Flu – Professor Michael Woodward AM

Falling is a serious matter. As many as one in three elderly Australians fall each year, with one in ten of these suffering multiple falls and up to thirty percent requiring medical attention. The rates are even higher in hospitals and aged care facilities. Falls can affect health, well-being and quality of life. By preventing... Read More

On Wednesday, 18 April 2018, the Commonwealth Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, announced that the government will move ahead with introducing recommendations from the Carnell-Paterson Review into aged care quality regulatory processes. More specifically, it will move forward with a new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, a Serious Incident Response Scheme, and publicly... Read More

Please ensure you have read the published Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this article, and have located the relevant appendices. “If you told someone with dementia a thousand times and he still doesn’t understand, then it is not the person with dementia who is the slow learner.” Basic Models of care 1.... Read More