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Better Practice will run workshops on improving understanding of risk management, managing complaints and other topics on the Gold Coast starting in November.
The two day workshop will run for two days from the 15th of November, with two key workshops offering a balance of practical information and discussion to provide lasting improvements in the quality of care for residents.
Older Australians are being encouraged to practice safe sex as the latest figures reveal Chlamydia has doubled in Australian’s over 40 since 2005. Family Planning NSW has launched a safe sex awareness campaign for older Australians, with the aim of educating people over 40 about the risks of having sex without a condom.
CommunityWest is inviting CEOs and senior management teams in aged care to join their one-day workshop to reflect on the ‘new world order’ in the aged and community care industry.
The full-day workshop will be a day of strategic thinking and will provide at least one practical strategy for participants to take away to help move their organisations forward.
This Friday seniors will flock to the Melbourne CBD for the fifth annual StarFISH extravaganza and the United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons.
300 of Melbourne’s elderly residents will converge to Melbourne Park and take part in this year’s theme Hooray for Hollywood with a focus on music, dance, culture and the old Hollywood musicals.
The Fairfield Champion has reported there is a concern there are not enough aged carers who speak a language other than English in the industry.
Chief Executive of Cardinal Stepinac Village Matt Smolcic said experienced carers who speak the same language as those in aged care should receive working visas.
National Dementia Awareness Week (DAW) will run from 21-28 September with the aim of encouraging Australians to live a ‘brain healthy lifestyle.’
The week will coincide with World Alzheimer’s Day on 21 September and events will be held all over the country including events in Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and the ACT.
South Australian not-for-profit aged care provider Helping Hand has released a television commercial across South Australia to combat the negative public perception of aged care services.
The campaign aims to give a “less-typical view” of aged care and show the variety of aged care services available today. “Service choices have changed dramatically in the past few years, but the community is often not aware of the range of possibilities – unfortunately we don’t need to look beyond the sector to understand why,” said Helping Hand CEO, Ian Hardy.
The first national LASA Conference (replacing the previous ACAA Congress) is ending early bird registration for the conference between October 28-31 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The forum will discuss the significant change the aged care industry is currently facing, and will provide workshops on media and communications, recent aged care reforms, attracting young people to aged care, current technology and many other topics.
A new Australian-Israeli collaborative study suggests that yoga may help senior people reduce insomnia. The participants in the study of 74 people between the ages of 60 and 87, did physical and meditative yoga as a daily home practice twice a week over 12 weeks.
Researchers found that regular yoga practice can not only help insomnia in older people, but also improves their mental and emotional health.
When it is time for an elderly person to enter a nursing home, many relatives experience guilt, grief and a sense of loss. Caring for someone can be exhausting, especially when that person has challenging behaviours such as Alzheimer’s or dementia. If the disease gets worse over time, it is likely that they will have to be moved into residential aged care. Often the person who has been caring for that person (often a close family member) can feel guilt and grief over making this decision.
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