The Government is under pressure from all quarters to increase funding to pay for better staffing and staff training to improve lives in the aged care sector. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearing in Adelaide last week concentrated on the industry's workforce. Senior Counsel Assisting, Peter Rozen QC, made recommendations [...]
Losing the ability to walk naturally is one of the early devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease which can cause people to freeze mid-walk despite their intention to take another step. People with Parkinson’s say this ‘freezing’ feels ‘as if their feet are suddenly glued to the floor’. It’s dangerous because the rest of the body [...]
An Advanced Care Plan or Directive can be created at any age. Like your will, it's best done early because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Program Director of Advance Care Planning Australia, Linda Nolte, encourages people to see it as a routine part of personal and health care – for us all. She [...]
February 4 is World Cancer Day, an initiative of Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), which encourages everyone to take some action on the issue or raise some awareness however big or small. Many people think a diagnosis of cancer means they should do very little except get medical treatment. While health experts worldwide now [...]
The rate of head injuries from falls by older Australians has nearly doubled in the decade to 2016-17, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Its research shows that about 125,000 people aged 65 and over were seriously injured due to a fall in 2016–17 with injuries to the head hip and [...]
The Federal Government and Department of Health leadership is ‘missing in action’ according to Counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Aged Care, Peter Rozen, and expert witnesses. Rozen said the sector was at risk of failing altogether if action was not urgently taken and was already was failing to deliver quality of life and quality [...]
Prof Susan Kurrle Our Community Care Advisor, Nuala Williams, is always impressed when she hears a talk by geriatrician and dementia expert Prof Susan Kurrle. The following points are among those Nuala gleaned from the voluble expert's recent talk on dementia. Dementia is childhood development, backwards - you lose your abilities in the [...]
Sydney Community Services' team of 26 jogged and strolled the Lane Cove Fun Run course - among about 1700 people who registered for the 2 or 5 km runs. Some think running is so much fun they registered for both! This well-organised event had breakfasts to satisfy runners and music to cheer [...]
At first many residents at Anzac Village aged care home are reluctant to get involved with activities and antics of four-year-olds who are visiting them in a ‘social experiment’ documented by ABC TV. However, four-year-olds have infectious energy and such winning ways that even the most recalcitrant get caught up in the activities. The [...]
Will you be a stroller or a dasher … in the Lane Cove Fun Run on September 8? Get into the fun of the event: dress up, and dress up those strollers, your pets, kids - and yourself! Both fun runs, 5km starting 7:30am and 2km at 8:30am, start walking or running from Kingsford Smith [...]
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