Promoting proactive screening for early ageing
Research conducted by Flinders’ Caring Futures Institute is shining a light on a glaring problem hidden in plain view – that premature early ageing of […]
Quality Aged Care
Toolkit feeds an appetite for aged care improvement
A growing appetite to improve the health and wellbeing of aged care residents is being helped by a breakthrough toolkit that aims to improve their […]
Trauma advice that addresses everyone’s needs
Empowering the survivors of serious trauma injuries requires the need to inform everyone affected by the incident – not only the patients, but also their […]
Digital assessment tool helps ageing well at home
Age-friendly environments in homes and communities play an important role because older people have strong preferences for remaining at home as they age. However, they need […]
Positive Behaviour Support making a difference to lives in residential aged...
Approximately 188,000 people with dementia live in residential aged care in Australia, and of these, ninety percent experience behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) […]
iSupport program adapted for Chinese-Australian community
Flinders University recently hosted the first of four webinars aimed at training master iSupport facilitators for the implementation of the iSupport program in Australia and […]
Optimising care transitions for older South Australians
To address the growing challenges in South Australian hospitals due to increased admissions of frail older individuals with complex health and social care needs, Caring […]
Finding better care solutions for people with stroke and their caregivers
Recovering from stroke can be a complex and confronting process – and the transition from hospital to home represents an especially challenging period for people with […]
Forging stronger links to provide coordinated care for older people
Fragmented care is an overlooked problem that leads to unnecessary extended hospitalisation for older people. One in five older people may encounter a preventable adverse event […]