Aged care nursing

Cultural competency doesn’t equal better nursing: Study

A study of nurses in New Zealand has found that while awareness and reflection on cultural assumptions improves performance, deeper…

How the Dutch do home care

Europe’s aging population is calling for home care services that deliver care and support to individuals within their homes. Bureaucracy…

Pay bump for 400,000 aged care workers

The pay rise, a result of the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) work value case decision, brings welcome changes for the…

Aged care needs to get honest about VAD

Over 8,000 people have applied for VAD since the first law was implemented in Victoria in 2019. Yet, of 72…

Aged care nurse placement program success

An intensive clinical placement initiative that has already placed dozens of nursing graduates into aged care jobs in Qld is…