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Medication safety could improve for more than 60 percent of Aussies in aged care homes
What is adverse event monitoring and how could this affect Aussies in aged care homes?

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• · Health and Wellbeing
How hormones could change your oral health as you age
What are the best ways to protect your oral health as an older Australian?

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Thousands of doctors arriving in Australia could improve healthcare access for rural older Aussies
How rural healthcare could improve for older Aussies with more healthcare professionals arriving in Australia

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With limited time left, 40,000 Australians miss out on suitable care
How important is palliative care and how can access be improved in rural areas?

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How 35 percent of older Australians could benefit from an award-winning platform
Could this platform be the future for health services?

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What they don’t tell you when becoming an aged care nurse
Some of the roles of a nurse in aged care may seem unexpected

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• · Finance
NSW and VIC patients expected to pay more at the GP
Despite strong Federal Government investment, the Victorian and New South Wales State Governments have come under fire for a new healthcare ruling.

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• · Health and Wellbeing
Three people, 20 years of work: prostate cancer treatment in Queensland

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Raising awareness about your right to palliative care
This week, 22 – 28 May 2022, is National Palliative Care Week, which aims to put a spotlight on the importance of palliative care services and how they can benefit people with life-limiting...

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• · Caring & Carers
Revolutionising controlled drug management in aged care
SPONSORED STORY – An electronic controlled drug management platform by Melbourne healthcare software vendor, Modeus, has helped save aged care nurses time and hassle while also creating a more...

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ROYAL COMMISSION: Mental health, oral health and allied health
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held its first hearings last week since their postponement due to COVID-19, which covered mental, oral and allied health services and the...

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Aged Care Royal Commission hearings resuming July
The Royal Commission in Aged Care Quality and Safety has announced that the hearings will resume next month, in July, after an indefinite hiatus to hearings to protect older participants and staff...

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• · Education & Training
Five easy home exercises for older people
Keeping fit and healthy is an important part of ageing well, but it’s even more important now as Australia is battling the impact of coronavirus.

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• · Education & Training
How do I continue to get healthcare if I am self-isolating?
As more and more businesses close and the Government takes action to minimise the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, you may be in self-isolation or worried about going to your doctor’s...

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ROYAL COMMISSION: Issues with consistent health and aged care
The final three days of this year’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings in Canberra heard from aged care residents having difficulty with different health services working...