When Home Isn’t Safe: Talking About Elder Abuse
Gain insights on understanding and addressing elder abuse through open dialogue. Empower seniors to speak up and combat this pressing issue.
Family and Stakeholder Meetings
One important area of developing a care plan for a person is recognising family members or significant others in their lives who are either providing direct care and support to the person, or who are actively interested in ensuring the person gets the best care to meet their needs. [...]
Effective Handovers and Their Role in Quality Care
Are you providing an effective handover at the end of your shift? Good communication is the cornerstone of a well-run organisation and is the most important factor for achieving positive consumer and staff outcomes. If you work in residential care, or in a setting where you share [...]
Life Stories Can Save Lives
My partner’s aunt, Ruth, was 96 years old when she went into residential care. She was intelligent, gregarious and fun to be around. A strongly independent woman, she had travelled and worked in many different countries throughout her life at a time when that was not the norm. And [...]
Advocacy Services for Clients – Education for staff and families
We’ve been talking about elder abuse and its effect on clients and our society. We also know that sometimes clients are unhappy with aspects of the care and support they receive. But where do you, or the client, go if professional help is needed? I’m reminded of a situation [...]
Neglect Is Still Abuse
Neglect is also a form of Elder Abuse. How many elders have been seriously injured or have died as a result of staff or family carers neglecting to provide essential care and support to a vulnerable person? Now, when I talk about neglect I am not referring to those [...]
Elder Abuse – why it’s important to talk about it, recognise it, and act
This week on the 15th of June, the very sobering topic of Elder Abuse is highlighted and formally recognised across the world with ‘World Elder Abuse Awareness Day’. The value of seniors in our community should not be underestimated. Seniors continue to actively contribute to society through volunteering - [...]
Quality Reviews – Preparing Your Staff
If they’ve never been through a quality review, or they’ve been involved in a review in the past that didn’t go to well, your staff may be anxious about any upcoming reviews - especially if they think they are going to be ‘tested’ on their knowledge or they are [...]
Conversational Assessment
Have a think about a time that you were applying for a loan or looking to make a large purchase. If you’re around my age, it’s probably occurred a few times through your life. Now consider how the person ‘interviewing’ you, or trying to help you get what you [...]
What Impact Will The New Aged Care Standards Have On Your Organisation?
To get some insight into this question, I asked my husband Craig for some feedback about his organisation’s experience of the transition phase so far - he manages a large Rural Home Care and Multi-Purpose Service in far northeast Victoria. His service also participated in the pilot testing of [...]