Department of Health And Ageing

Type: Organization

Name: Department of Health And Ageing

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Ozcare new provider of vital in-home care for elderly

Topics: fraser coast, hacc, health and community care, ozcareHave your say »Related Items» Wide Bay hospital jobs set to face the axe» Jobs of about 300 health workers at risk due to changesHUNDREDS of elderly people on the Fraser Coast have been reassured ... [Published NewsMail - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Department of Health And Ageing, Well-being, Appointed

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Queensland University of Technology

Wound champions wanted

Pictured: The CSI project team, from left: Ms Michelle Gibb, Dr Kathleen Finlayson, Professor Helen Edwards, Mr Bob Jensen, Ms Christina Parker.Residential aged care facilities across Australia are invited to nominate their own wound care champions to ... [Published Australian Aging Agenda - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Helen Edwards, Department of Health And Ageing, Queensland University of Technology, guidelines, best practice

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Nursing home 'rectifying issues'

A Brisbane nursing home that breached national care standards says it's working to fix the issues.An April audit of the TriCare Annerley Nursing Centre found it did not comply with aged care accreditation standards.The Department of Health and Ageing ... [Published BigPond News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sanctions, Department of Health And Ageing, Brisbane (Australia)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

PCEHR release three features child development section

The latest release of the PCEHR, which went live last Sunday, includes a new section for parents to add details of their children's health, growth and development, mainly aimed at parents of newborns and younger children.Based in part on the electronic ... [Published Pulse+IT - May 16 2013]

Entities: e-health, Doha (Qatar), Department of Health And Ageing, Health Care

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Stage one of home begins

Chair of Columbia Aged Care Services Peter Miller, Oberon mayor John McMahon, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole and Anne Tucker from Columbia Aged Care Services at the unveiling of the entry wall.LAST Friday a large crowd gathered at the site of Oberon’s ... [Published Oberon Review - May 16 2013]

Entities: Peter Miller, Department of Health And Ageing

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The garden that just keeps giving

Jacinta Braun hard at work in the Jindabyne Community Garden.ON Saturday you are invited to help plant and harvest at the Jindabyne Community Garden. All members of the community are encouraged to come along.Starting at 10am at the Jindabyne Oval, get ... [Published Summit Sun - May 16 2013]

Entities: Department of Health And Ageing, Spinach, Lettuce

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

CPD expenses capped in Budget

Treasurer Wayne Swan (pictured) has announced that, from 1 July 2014, there would be an annual $2,000 cap on work-related self-education expenses.The measure is estimated to provide savings to the Budget of $514.3 million over the forward estimates p ... [Published Pharmacy News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Education, Department of Health And Ageing, Chemotherapy, Wayne Swan

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

New accommodation for nursing students

LAUNCH: Project co-ordinator Joel Epstein, ACU’s Val Goodwin, federal member for Ballarat Catherine King, Daylesford Hospital CEO David Lenehan and Health Workforce Australia’s Keith Crammond.NURSING and medical students are set to benefit from a new ... [Published The Advocate - May 15 2013]

Entities: Catherine King, Australian Catholic University, Deakin University

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Resource to help spot dementia in the community

A suite of short films aimed at helping Australians recognise the signs of dementia in people they may come across in their working lives has been produced and launched by Alzheimer’s Australia SA.Funded by the Department of Health and Ageing and created ... [Published Australian Aging Agenda - May 14 2013]

Entities: Dementia, Andrew Rochford, Mark Butler, Alzheimer's Disease

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Minister should accept responsibility for lastest monumental stuff up

“Minister Mark Butler is not convincing anyone after trying to shift the blame to his own department following the pre-emptive distribution of sensitive material without consultation with the ageing sector,” said Shadow Minister for Ageing and Shadow ... [Published Liberal Party of Australia - May 14 2013]

Entities: Mark Butler, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Laurie Ferguson, United Voice, Department of Health And Ageing

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Sod turned for Coffs’ GP Super Clinic

CONSTRUCTION of Coffs Harbour's newest health facility has officially begun.The $7 million GP Super Clinic in Stadium Drive will start taking shape over the coming months ahead of its opening after the first sods were turned by Gumbaynggirr Elder and ... [Published Coffs Coast Advocate - May 09 2013]

Entities: Ben Lawson, Department of Health And Ageing, Radiology, Pathology

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

What's the cost of a government message?

THE Federal Government has spent more than $25 million on promotions, media monitoring and market research in the past 13 months. More than $11.5 million of the spending since the start of April last year was for market research.The Immigration Department ... [Published Adelaide Now - May 03 2013]

Entities: Media-Monitoring, Public Relations, Julia Gillard, Liaison

Quotes

"All existing clients will have the opportunity to continue to receive services from the new providers" the representative said

Ozcare new provider of vital in-home care for elderly [Published NewsMail - 2 hours ago]

...Retailers are waiting on the nod. "We find we have a huge success rate of people using the product without nicotine," Royle says, "but it's a waiting game. Legislation will change. We don't just know when."

Attack of the vapours [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 17 2013]

"Warwick and Toowoomba Hospitals will provide a free course of this preventative treatment to anyone who public health staff determine was in close contact with this dead horse resulting in a risk of exposure to the virus. Simply patting a horse would not constitute exposure."

Two horses put down in 'world first' deadly virus scare [Published Gympie Times - May 17 2013]

"I am confident the issues will be rectified as quickly as possible."

Nursing home 'rectifying issues' [Published BigPond News - May 17 2013]

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