When it comes time to seek either residential or in-home Aged Care for either ourselves or a loved one, much of the terminology used is unfamiliar and sometimes confusing. Acronyms are rife, and when there is an underlying level of...
As Aged Care starts to re-emerge from a very dark and long Pandemic Tunnel, we can breathe a small sigh of relief, but as any good operator will tell you, this is not the time to let our guard down....
An update produced by the HCA Online Learning Team In the past, many nurses in Australia remember working as Student Nurses in part-time roles in Residential Aged Care and taking their own single pair of rubber gloves to use at...
Wherever you sit on the ACFI understanding spectrum, there is always room to freshen and update knowledge and test any gaps. If you feel that your ACFI knowledge is holding you back from your next move, or impacting success in...
What could Aged Care audits and the Komodo Dragon possibly have in common?
Infection Control is certainly the phrase of the moment, and the spread of COVID-19 has shown that there is a lack of understanding by many in the aged care sector about Infection control. No one wants to be the highlighted...
The adage of "if it isn't documented it didn't happen" has evolved in the last two decades from when the phrase was thrown around liberally. In a work environment that demands accountability, and more documentation dependent workplace than ever before,...
Risk Management has taken on a new direction in Aged Care with the New Aged Care Quality Standards. Risk assessment and evaluation, Standard 3 (3b) is a mindset that needs to run seamlessly alongside in every activity undertaken or supervised...
Three themes that regularly were raised by those giving evidence at the Aged Care Royal Commission were the basis of what a is now Standard 3 (3a) in the New Aged Care Quality Standards. It was a lack of understanding...
