by Carrie | Care and Safety, Clients, Compliance, person centred care
Culturally Safe Practices and Cultural Safety Plans; what are they, and why they are necessary? As a multicultural country, many of Australia’s citizens originate from a variety of countries around the world (It is estimated that over 20% of Australians were born...
by Carrie | Care and Safety, Compliance
We all want to have a bit of fun in our lives. Staying at home to keep safe isn’t really that much fun. Sure we might not fall over or break a hip as my mother did recently, but it makes for a dull and uneventful life, a bit like sitting around waiting to die. As we...
by Carrie | Care and Safety, person centred care
I was interested to hear a talk presented by the Quality Agency recently on their discovery that the compliance rate of residential care services was above 95% in meeting the aged care standards. But what was more interesting were their observations about Quality of...
by Carrie | Care and Safety, Compliance
Most people working in aged care will be aware of the need for staff and volunteers to obtain a Police Certificate or to undergo a Police Check. These checks help an organisation to protect and to minimise the risk, to the best of their ability, to vulnerable people....
