AGED Care Online Directory believes making the decision to place a friend, relative or loved one into aged care is a time consuming and emotional experience.
14/08/2009
Sea Lake residents will continue to have access to health and aged care services in their local community thanks to a $2.35 million funding package from the Victorian State and Federal Labor Governments.
25/11/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has imposed sanctions of Bethany Hostel and Bethany Nursing Home in Eastwood in Sydney’s north. The sanctions were imposed by the Department of Health and Ageing after the aged care homes failed to meed a strict timetable for improvement.
19/03/2009
DURING the 2007-08 financial year, more than 10,000 elderly patients have beneficiated from the Government’s $293.2m Transition Care Plan.
30/03/2009
THE DENMARK Health Service has officially opened its doors and now aims to deliver quality health services to the Western Australian community.
13/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has imposed sanctions on Yarra Valley Nursing Home at Yarra Junction in rural Victoria due to serious rick to the health, safety and well being of its nursing home residents.
30/03/2009
REFORMS to the federal health system as proposed by government has NSW doctors concerned existing local practices may be forced to close as GPs are starved of funding.
29/09/2009
A summit is being held this month to focus on issues surrounding information technology in Australia’s healthcare system. The Technology in Healthcare Summit 2009 will be held in Melbourne, November 16-17, 2009.
10/11/2009
Paul Hartmann, an Australian subsidiary of German based medical and healthcare product manufacturer, Paul Hartmann AG, has acquired the Custom Procedure Pack (CPP) business from Unomedical in Australia and New Zealand.
24/02/2010
AUSTRALIA’S oral health status has ranked second worst in the OECD Community Services and Health Industries face skills crisis in oral health.
30/07/2009
THE VICTORIAN government is currently facing a tough decision as how to handle the current H1N1 influenza (swine flu) outbreak, with a pandemic plan which fails to fit the characteristics of the virus.
04/06/2009
The US Preventative Services Task Force has made recommendations on the frequency of routine mammography screening for women in certain age groups and recommends against breast self-examination.
19/11/2009
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its information regarding how to use the CSL 2009 H1N1 monovalent vaccine. It has also issued guidance on dose spacing and administration with other vaccines.
23/11/2009
THE Western Australian Government has announced it will inject $14m into the states palliative care services.
27/05/2009
MORE than two million Australians living with osteoporosis1 are set to benefit from the first once-a-month osteoporosis therapy, after it was today listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
01/07/2009
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released a stroke care package designed to improve care for people presenting to the emergency department with acute stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
01/12/2009
THE CANCER Council Queensland's Palliative Care Centre at The Townsville Hospital, has been opened, heralding a new chapter in the care of terminally ill patients in North Queensland.
16/10/2009
THE NORTHERN Territory Department of Health and Families is seeking community input on the planning and provision of Palliative Care services in the coming weeks.
21/09/2009
PATIENT Care Technology Systems (PCTS) and Awarepoint have announced a co-marketing agreement to provide real-time workflow solutions for health care facilities.
10/07/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has released an expert committee’s evaluation of the BreastScreen Australia program and has said the valuable program will continue.
09/09/2009