Aged Care Insite Issue 131 Jun-Jul 2022 | Page 3

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MANAGING EDITOR Richard Garfield 02 9936 8628 richard . garfield @ apned . com . au
HEALTH EDITOR Elise Hartevelt elise . hartevelt @ news . com . au
news
2 Is Xanamem the answer to
Alzheimer ’ s ?
3 Sector gets wage increase
4 New ministers sworn in
5 Diet expert joins aged care
council
NEWS EDITOR Eleanor Campbell 02 9936 8629 eleanor . campbell @ news . com . au
SALES ENQUIRIES Sarah Licence 02 9936 8710 sarah . licence @ apned . com . au
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6 VAD legalised in NSW
industry & reform
8 Coming of age
What new peak body means
10 Caring about care
Recognising the care economy
12 Rural ratios
Rural inquiry gives scathing
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review
13 Market forces
One provider ’ s insight on
COVER Maggie Beer . Photo : Supplied
funding reform
14 Young and old
Boosting life quality through
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intergenerational programs
16 A book about life
Exploring healthy ageing across
our whole lives
clinical focus
18 Pushing forward
The future of telehealth in
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residential care
specialty focus
20 In equal measure
Improving the “ pleasure and
nutrition ” of food in aged care
22 Lost for words
The impact of aphasia on older
people
practical living
24 Better off dead ?
Get busy living or get busy
dying
workforce
26 Taking its toll
Decline of nurses ’ mental
health
27 No guarantee
Increased hours won ’ t fix
aged care
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technology
28 Ready to wear
Wearable tech can improve
wellbeing
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