Coroner blames ‘rushed’ move to electronic charts for patient death
A move from paper to electronic charts in an aged care home led to a fatal medication error after two patients were mixed up, a GP…
Tag: Aged care
The colourful life and remarkable legacy of Australia’s first TV doctorÂ
He was best known as a celebrity doctor but Dr John Knight was also a prolific author, philanthropist, and a man who shrugged off being…
Mild cognitive impairment is not normal ageing: Here’s my advice for GPs…
It is estimated that some one million Australians are living with mild cognitive impairment. It’s a startling number, but leading geriatrician Associate Professor Michael Woodward,…
My big fear in caring for elderly patients? When the family goes to war
As alarm mounts regarding the troubled state of general practice, the conditions under which GPs provide care to aged residents in nursing homes require review.…
Doctors describe distressing deaths during one of the pandemic’s worst aged care COVID-19 outbreaks
One resident's oxygen tank ran out, another died 'uncomfortably' without end-of-life drugs, an inquest hears.
App Review: Ask Annie how to improve dementia care
It aims to help home and community support workers better understand people living with dementia.
Aged care home charged over COVID-19 deaths
WorkSafe Victoria claims St Basil's in Melbourne breached multiple occupational health and safety laws, including failing to require staff to wear …
Don’t force aged care ‘homes’ to carry out VAD, urge doctors
Hundreds of clinicians are calling on the NSW Parliament to amend a provision in its Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill that will force aged care facili…
Pharmacists to work onsite in aged care
The Federal Government's $345 million scheme aims to improve the appropriate use of medications, including antipsychotics.
TGA urges caution over donepezil and long QT syndrome
The TGA says clinical monitoring may be required if donepezil is prescribed with other drugs known to affect cardiac conduction.
