A GP guide to mental health in aged care
Need to know: The number of Australians living in residential aged care continues to grow. In June 2022, 178,000 people aged 65 and older were…
Tag: Aged care
My fit and active patient woke up to find an NFR on her hospital record: The scourge of ageism
My patient presented to a private hospital, haemorrhaging, and was assessed as too unstable to be managed there. She was transferred to the ED of…
Police officer who tasered 95-year-old aged care patient found guilty of manslaughter
A police officer who tasered a 95-year-old aged care resident last year faces up to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter…
‘Our job is to maintain the peace’: Police officer defends tasering 95-year-old aged care patient
A police officer tasered a 95-year-old aged care resident holding a knife because his patience ran out, not because she was a threat, a jury…
Paperwork headaches with $300 aged care incentive mean GPs ‘paid less to do more’
Fewer than a third of eligible patients are registered for the new aged care incentive, with GPs blaming the admin burden for undermining enrolment. Services…
Aged care nurse suspended over surprise baby shower weeks before COVID-19 outbreak killed 38 residents
A nurse who attended a surprise baby shower thrown for him at an aged care facility during a COVID-19 lockdown has been suspended for a…
‘Being an aged care doctor is not about being a saint — the rewards are there in front of you’
GP Dr Fiona Wallace, who trained in the Hebridean islands of Scotland, became disillusioned with her work at an Australian rural ED after seeing so…
Opening the doors to lost worlds: me and my dementia patients
A familiar lone figure waits directly behind the security doors of the geriatric ward. There in his mint green pyjamas and long plaid overcoat he…
Call for more Paxlovid prescribing to prevent COVID-19 deaths in aged care
A leading infectious diseases specialist has urged GPs to prescribe nirmatrelvir–ritonavir more readily for patients in aged care facilities, who are still dying of COVID-19…
Why this registrar plays chess with a retired doctor living in aged care
ICU registrar Dr Aquib Chowdhury, 31, volunteers to regularly visit a doctor living in aged care as a way of giving back to the profession.…
