Walk a mile in their shoes: taking the perspective of the person with dementia
The person centred approach to care, values the importance of taking the perspective of the person with dementia.Click here to find out more
Residential Aged Care Coronial Communique
This newsletter looks at cases covering a hunge spectrum of clinical presentations. The four examples remind practitioners of the wisdom in revisiting high risk clinical areas and the importance of not becoming too complacemnt. Click here to find out more
Therapeutic communication with people living with dementia
Are you using the right communication methods for the people you communicate with? What signs do you look for that show you are creating/sustaining well-being in a person? Click here to find out more
ACFI 10 Depression - Symptoms checklist
A useful tool in assessing depression in older people.... Click here to find out more
ACFI Assessments
The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) recently commenced in all Commonwealth funded aged care homes in Australia. Two assessment tools are central to the ACFI. To find out more about these tools click here.
