For Dr Anne O’Callaghan it started 10 or 15 years ago when complications occurred after her cancer surgery. “I couldn't get anybody to hear that I was worried about my paralysed legs and my pain,” she tells me. "And I think ...

A trial of new cleaning guidelines used in Australian hospitals has significantly reduced major healthcare-associated infections. Trialled over 11 hospitals, cleaning practices improved from 55 to 76 per cent in bathroom areas and from 64 to 86 per cent in ...

Quiet and private, or isolated and hard to manage. These are the flipsides in the increasing argument for and against single occupancy hospital rooms. There is a growing trend internationally for single occupancy rooms, but the dearth of literature in ...

It is time to think of cancer as a chronic disease and use cancer treatment as something that manages the disease, rather than eradicate it all together. These ideas are part of a new theory put forward by Professor Paul ...

Sometimes the best ideas are so obvious no one seems to pay attention to them. Reablement is such a clever idea that it seems almost unnecessary to have a specialised word in aged care for it. Yet it may be ...

Victoria will see voluntary assisted dying become law in June next year and nurses are still working through what the change in legislation means for their practice. And that's exactly what the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) unpacked at a ...

It is often challenging for older adults to make the transition into aged care. Many new residents experience grief as they are leaving behind their homes, spouses and possessions. Being placed into an unfamiliar environment with new people can lead ...

The healthcare industry is quickly expanding, with longer Australian life expectancies and a growing population lifting demand for skilled nursing clinicians. However, much of this demand is not being met in the bush and more funding and training is needed ...

Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) has joined forces with Queensland Health and QUT to educate health professionals about palliative care. The team will host a seminar covering topics like advance care planning across sectors, legal considerations and implementation. ACPA manager of communications Rebecca ...

Fred was a resident with Alzheimer’s disease living at one of our aged care homes. He was a quiet man; in fact, Fred had not spoken for years. Like many people with dementia he became agitated and upset, particularly around ...