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It’s always a lesson taught to us: “We should always treat the elderly with respect.” However, recent events in the country proved that not all may have taken this lesson into the heart. Yes, this is in relation to the revelations elderly abuse and neglect that led the Morrison government to establish a royal commission […]
A new research has revealed learning new methods and using sophisticated products can help increase healing time when pressure wounds are being treated in residential aged care facilities. Published in the International Wound Journal, the new study’s goal is to come up with tools that will benefit aged communities by calculating pressure injury treatment. According […]
Aged care has been surrounded by eye-opening stories. Among of the eye-opening stories is the number of older Australians at risk with malnutrition. Another eye-opening stories is that aged care facilities are looking less homely in terms of residential aesthetics, but instead transforming into institutionalized facilities by expanding operational capacity. Fortunately, these eye-opening scenarios often […]
Commonly, when we read the word diet, we immediately think about weight-loss regimens that will remove every single food that your inner child loves. Evidently, ‘diet’ has been used in marketing strategies and exercise videos, but the word diet has a quintessential meaning to it. Diet means to the food and drink intake of a […]
Looking back, institutions in Australia were as big as hospitals in terms of facilities. People with disability and mental illness, along with orphaned children, were living in these spacious facilities. But the space also equates to more residents in the area. Flash forward today; these institutions were closed down due to the influence of the […]