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 ...

Community nurses have been referring clients to a pharmacist to improve medication safety under an Australian pilot. The Visiting Pharmacist study saw Bolton Clarke employ two part‐time clinical pharmacists to review and reconcile clients' medications. Pharmacists also educated clients and ...

Training up community care workers in falls prevention may help curb the declining number of clients taking part in preventive exercise programs, new research suggests. Study lead Dr Elissa Burton, from the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science at Curtin ...

Maintaining good hygiene outside of controlled environments is a challenge that must be met. With companion animals and cluttered workspaces to deal with, infection control in the community can be challenging. Still, nurses and community-care workers must not lose sight ...

Mary Casey provides an insight into the evolution of community care. It is twenty years since I established the Nursing Group and I am astonished at how much things have changed when it comes to community care. I founded the ...