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Specialty Focus
Undervalued and alone: Report on social isolation
As we celebrate the 'most wonderful time of the year' it is important to remember that many people within the…
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Industry & Reform
A clearer path to quality care: Understanding Star Ratings
For residential aged care workers, delivering high-quality care is at the heart of their profession. The Star Ratings tool offers…
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Specialty Focus
Person-centred aged care design – how the experts do it
Over the course of our careers as architects there have been moments that stand out. An incontinent resident able to…
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Technology
Give aged care nurses a voice in digital transformation: Research
Researchers are calling for nurses to have more say in the digital transformation of aged and palliative care, as the…
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News
Police officer Kristian White found guilty of manslaughter
NSW police officer Senior Constable Kristian White, 34, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, after…
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Industry & Reform
4 out of 5 older Australians would prefer not to go into residential aged care: Survey
Older Australians are suffering from significant aged-care anxiety, with most preferring to stay in their family home, a new survey…
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Specialty Focus
What is ‘doll therapy’ for people with dementia? And is it backed by science?
The way people living with dementia experience the world can change as the disease progresses. Their sense of reality or…
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News
Senior constable’s ‘wave of fear’ before Clare Nowland tasered by Kristian White
A police officer has described the fear she felt as she saw a “wave of darkness” come over the face…
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News
Video of 95yo’s Clare Nowlands’ Tasering played in Supreme Court
The NSW Supreme Court has been told that the police officer who discharged his Taser at a great-grandmother while responding to an…
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Top Stories
Gender pay disparity still rife in nursing
New data has shown that the gender of an Australian nursing graduate has a profound effect on how much they…
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