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Aged Care Online Managing Director Ben Hannemann is the proud co-founder of Australia’s first quantified rating system for residential aged care, The Australian Aged Care Rating System (ACRS).
Mr Hannemann has partnered with Ansell Strategic Managing Director Cam Ansell and Millennium Aged Care Placement Consultants Managing Director Dana Sawyer in developing the new ratings system.
Victoria is leading innovation in aged care with the launch of the first ever mobile clinical training unit in Australia.
Leading Age Services Australia – Victoria (LASA Victoria) introduced their simulation training van to the industry at Villa Maria at the end of last month.
A survey released today shows an alarming disparity between the wishes of people with dementia and their actual experience in residential or community care as they near the end of their lives.
The report identified a number of barriers to the quality of end-of-life care for people with dementia, including lack of advance care plans, inadequate pain management, a hard-to-navigate palliative care and hospices system and poor understanding of legal options amongst clinicians and aged care staff.
A $12.6 million dollar extension will begin at residential aged care facility The Whiddon Group Kelso on January 6th, 2014.
The new extension will add 60 private rooms as well as a new reception and entrance area, on-site cafe, new kitchen and laundry, new outdoor area and more secure garden areas for clients with dementia.
