Aged Care Insite Issue 133 Oct-Nov 2022 | Page 3

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MANAGING EDITOR Eleanor Campbell 02 9936 8629 eleanor . campbell @ news . com . au
HEALTH EDITOR Elise Hartevelt elise . hartevelt @ news . com . au
news
2 Jobs summit offers new reforms
3 Australia ’ s oldest man passes
away
4 Covid-19 funding boost
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COVER : Luke Haven Court facility manager Amy Holton ( left ) and aged care worker Tanesha Brown ( right ). Picture : Supplied .
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5 CCTV trial scrapped
6 Free uni for nurses
industry & reform
8 Stigma change
Two sisters share their stories
9 Rural support
Regional homes signal for help
10 Result or cause ?
Ageism in the time of Covid-19
12 Missing out
No leisure time for residents
14 Virtual care
Could virtual nurses solve
understaffing ?
16 Looking overseas
Exploring New Zealand ’ s care
model
clinical focus
18 ‘ Hidden epidemic ’
Chronic wounds in aged care
19 Blood test
New test to detect Alzheimer ’ s
specialty focus
20 Life after diagnosis
Dementia advocate speaks out
21 Falls risk
Reversing frailty to curtail falls
22 A strawberry a day
Science aims to intervene in
ageing
practical living
24 Free up homes
Pensioners asked to downsize
25 Housing design
Resilient homes needed to save
lives
workforce
26 Little things
Cultural diversity in aged care
27 A dieticians role
‘ Much to do ’ to address
malnutrition
technology
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28 Bright future
Tech offers hope to staffing crisis
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