The journey that started with âThe hidden cost of becoming a sudden carer is more than just emotionalâ Is more like a playground Is more revealing than expected of not caring with dignity and it being a stop start stalling … Continue reading The hidden impact of the best
Here’s what studies and The Conversation readers say… Social connections help retain a sense of purpose in older age. Image from shutterstock.com Joseph Ibrahim, Monash University A challenge facing the recently announced Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety … Continue reading What is ‘quality’ in aged care?
Republished from The Conversation Most aged-care residents donât feel like they are loved or belong in their facility. Image from shutterstock.com Lee-Fay Low, University of Sydney All humans have fundamental needs. These are physiological (food, drink, clothing, sleep), safety (emotional … Continue reading REPUBLISHED: How our residential aged-care system doesn’t care about older people’s emotional needs
Social media is a form of journalism. Within this environment, journalists are afforded an interpretative freedom for the stories they share, as well as photographic license, within ethical boundaries. Social media can also cross over into advertising, and, it is … Continue reading OPINION | Ethics and dignity in social media for aged care
Many award programs have been around for so long, they now lack the energy to make impact, especially when many have already won the recognition they needed.
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There are only so many hours in a day. Keeping someone safe and happy should be easy, right? Continue reading The hidden impact of getting mum to smile
“I Have a Dream” The public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington, D.C., for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. At the time, he called for an end to … Continue reading OPINION | Evolution takes time.
Ryan Midgley has over 17 years experience as a health professional. He is driven to deliver high-quality services thru Innovation, Leadership, and Intrepreneurship. He builds great teams to share his vision who have a “can do attitude” and is personally … Continue reading The perfect score audience member profile
Who what where and why? But first, how about this for a title? BNutDiet, BSc(Hons), PhD, APD Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics College of Nursing & Health Sciences (Flinders University). Impressive! Hotel Services Management Solutions have announced Dr Alison … Continue reading Nutrition and Dietetics – for Aged Care Panel Discussion
Ellis Wilkinson. You couldn’t get anyone more passionate about food in aged care! But who is Ellis Wilkinson and why is he interested in innovation and changes for the Aged Care Hospitality Services sector? Catering expert Ellis Wilkinson is using his passion and skill to help create positive change around food quality and service for residents in aged care. Ellis is the director of Hotel Services Management Solutions, a management consultancy focusing all operational functions within catering, cleaning and laundry services. With over 30 yearsâ experience within the food services and hospitality industry as an executive chef, and within management … Continue reading Ellis Wilkinson, creating healthy opportunities for aged care food discussions
Hotel Services Management Solulions brings you the Tasting Australia event, the “Innovation and Changes Forum Aged Care Hospitality Services” This forum will be a detailed look at aged care cookery and the changes it has undergone in recent years â and where it is heading. With a focus on creating a sustainable future for the industry, the event will showcase molecular gastronomy, demonstrating its place in aged care cookery. It encourages those currently working in hospitality who wish to create positive impact; either to understand how to improve the consumer experience through the use of food, that takes in consideration … Continue reading Innovation and Changes For Aged Care Hospitality Services
Thank you for having me. For those I have not yet met, for your knowledge, I have worked with Ron Corso since 2010 through the UniSA Idea Generation class. We have written two papers specifically looking at the combination of creativity and … Continue reading SPEECH | Aged Care Workshop; Creatively addressing the aged care challenge
Mum has always loved getting my postcards sent to her via Touchnote. If you haven’t heard of it, Touchnote is a postcard-sending service. #hattip Touchnote first came into my world via Helen Sanderson. The Wiki explanation of Helen is this: she … Continue reading Let’s share mother’s day again; via an app
Being onair (radio) is a curious process. In creativity processes, ie idea generation work, we often talk of the “thinking behind the thinking”. In fact it’s a quote Ron Corso (my UniSA research/paper writing partner) is famous for. So, when I … Continue reading What should have been said in my ABC Adelaide interview
Article republished from The Conversation.Written by Bronwyn Hemsley, University of Newcastle; Abbas Kouzani, Deakin University; Russell Oliver, Deakin University; Scott Adams, Deakin University; Stuart Palmer, Deakin University, and Susan Balandin, Deakin University Itâs hard to imagine food prepared in a … Continue reading How 3D food printers could improve mealtimes for people with swallowing disorders
Staying fit isn’t a sudden revelation. However, if you need local motivation, I personally recommend you join the growing trend of ‘fitness in the park’. Continue reading The hidden impact of not staying fit for caring
A growing number of health apps â of varying quality â are available to support patientsâ decisions about those options. And social media provide an instant network of peers with whom to share health concerns and experiences. Continue reading REPUBLISHED: How new technologies are shaking up health care
As a result of sharing with mum information about the Writer’s Group I have started at work, she immediately leapt at the opportunity to start writing her own prose. While some of the words trouble me (and you too may … Continue reading A few poems from mum
My life has been about twos. Not the terrible twos; no, just the pairs who met twice and joined together, and the twins with the double take on life. The second guess was twofold, not bi-fold and cemented with as … Continue reading 50 | The second phase of life
It seems the time has come to investigate for myself. Continue reading The hidden impact of lifestyle changes are noticeable in the diet
Weâre all in this mess together: trying to be good citizens, control the future, and wrestle with the uncertainty of science. Itâs a difficult challenge, but itâs not impossible. Continue reading The ethics of over-diagnosis: risk and responsibility in medicine
Today, in celebration, we take a breath. Continue reading The hidden impact of becoming a sudden carer grows on you
The journey that started with âThe hidden cost of becoming a sudden carer is more than just emotionalâ Is more like a playground Is more revealing than expected of not caring with dignity, continues. And it needs exposure. As a carer, do … Continue reading The hidden impact of becoming a sudden carer is a stop start stalling affair
Around age 40 to 50, our body begins to deteriorate. Permanent strains and greying hair are just the beginning, soon followed by glasses and hearing aids. Women become infertile, and other losses in function leaves us needing pacemakers and hip replacements. Continue reading Why it’s time to unshackle yourself from old ideas about ‘the stages of life’
Dignity. When we speak of dignity, we generally are concerned with how a person feels, thinks and behaves in relation to their own self and that of the people around them. It is as essential to human life as water, food … Continue reading The hidden impact of not caring with dignity
The journey that started with âThe hidden cost of becoming a sudden carer is more than just emotionalâ Is more like a playground Is more revealing than expected continues. It’s a lifestyle change. The days are well and truly gone when … Continue reading The hidden impact of becoming a sudden carer is more than conversations
The journey that started with âThe hidden cost of becoming a sudden carer is more than just emotionalâ and The hidden impact of becoming a sudden carer is more like a playground continues. Yes, I have been revealed. Exposed. Thrown … Continue reading The hidden impact of becoming a sudden carer is more revealing than expected
The journey that started with “The hidden cost of becoming a sudden carer is more than just emotional” continues. They say the older you get, the more childlike you become. But the aged maze is no kids playground. You need … Continue reading The hidden impact of becoming a sudden carer is more like a playground
We generally take for granted our lifestyle and whatever that entails. For me, itâs a little routine orientated around my daughter (who lives with me part-time), my work, my friends and anything else that crops up. Iâve always made time … Continue reading The hidden cost of becoming a sudden carer is more than just emotional
FaceBook has brought me many friends. Some to poke, share posts, throw sheep, discuss concepts and theories. Whatever. And then some come along and share with me so much insight, wisdom and deep understanding that it makes me shut-up and listen. I met Jim Manning through his FB group âSave the Australian Wine Industryâ. We held a common interest in wine â him with his group (and many winery friends) and me with my own wine group, Bring out the Dead Reds â that we had so much to discuss. Jimâs passion for conversation and making things happen were very … Continue reading Interacting with experts: Jim Manning speaks
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