The Standard
The Standard is a monthly newsletter for aged care home staff, managers, residents and their families.
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 | All in the timing - Macquarie Care Centre receives Better Practice award for medication research; Who cares for older Australians?; Swine flu; infection control resources; Falls management resources; Hip fractures decline among older Australians; Clinical governance step by step; Education and training courses; New State Manager Victoria/Tasmania | ||
 | Redhead Gardens Hostel wins Better Practice award for palliative care program; focus on palliative care; making the link between information systems and better care; new course - understanding accreditation. | ||
 | The Standard - Special edition Preparing for an emergency - residential aged care services bushfire ready resource available on Victoria DHA website; a list of helpful websites; a checklist to consider when developing an emergency management plan; an example on preparing for natural disasters in Western Australia; Floods in NSW example. Use the inside pages of this special edition to plan for these events. | ||
 | Better Practice in Aged Care Award: Resiaction - 'a reason to get up in the morning'; Better Practice 2010 call for abstracts; That's entertainment!; Oaks Day; Extreme adventures at Cobden; Summer and fluid intake; Organisational leadership the key to a happy workforce; Art and Crafts show; Seminars and courses. | ||
 | Self assessment; Skype brings sisters together; Residents get IT savvy; Technology unites young and old as Anglican Care residents get Wii fit; 'Surfing' can prevent depression; Better Practice in Aged Care Award - DePaul Villa, Qld; Something to think about - relatives of residents: their experience from their point of view; Seminars and courses; Better Practice 2010. | ||
 | Accreditation is an integral part of a safety and quality framework; grants available for NSW aged care homes; preparing for a gastro outbreak; swine flu vaccination update; new seminar - information systems; SCORE; hot water bottle warning; keys to identifying acute stress disorder and post traumatic stress disorder; the Supper Club; better use of medicines needed in palliative and end-of-life care. | ||
ISQua accreditation audit; Another shade of blue; Buddies get together for better care; Preventing falls; Expect the unexpected; Accreditation essentials; Agency courses and seminars dates and locations | |||
 | Accreditation essentials; changes to the aged care quality assessment course; pain program wins Better Practice in aged care award; Holistic person-centred care the focus at Better Practice Melbourne; a better life for one resident with the flick of a switch. | ||
 | Assessors qualify as ISQua surveyors; What you think about us; Beating the blues | ||
 | Assessment module 14; New resources for homes; Infection control: Improving CI plans | ||
 | Information for the industry: New Assessment module for on residents, Helpful websites by Accreditation Standard, Preventing falls, In-house training, 2.8 Pain management, Traffic lights improve resident lifts. | ||
 | Initiatives used within residential aged care homes: Stimulating the senses, Enhancing behaviour with interpersonal contact, Puppetry - not just for kids, Residents 'wrapped' with this outcome, Dancing the blues away, Providing for resident needs, Taking care of the lives in our hands. | ||
 | Infection control focus: Reducing infectious outbreaks, Minimising infection outbreaks, Prevention is worth it, Outbreak co-ordinators, Stay close to your state health department, Strengthening infection control, Food safety update. | ||
 | Information systems focus; Ease of communication in acute care planning;Continuous care made easy; Electronic care implementation causes reduction in falls; More resident time, less paperwork; Better Practice in Aged Care Awards. | ||
 | Culture focus; A stimulating focus for dementia patients; Juninga residents do it outdoors; Catering to diversity on the North Coast; staff and residents 'graduate' together; Art success for the James Watson team. | ||
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 | Focus on Human resource management: Growing their own in Victoria; Up-skilling in WA; From cleaner to carer; Training for leadership; Student help has multiple benefits; Assessor registration update.
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 | Third special edition - focus on risk management: Expected outcome 1.8; Expected outcome 2.13; Expected outcome 3.7; Application Accreditation fees
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 | Second special edition - focus on risk management: Expected outcome 1.6; Expected outcome 2.5; Expected outcome 2.7; Assessment team performance 2007/2008
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| First special edition - focus on risk management: Expected outcome 1.1; Expected outcome 2.1; Expected outcome 2.4; Expected outcome 2.8; QUEST session update; Meet Raelene Thompson State Manager Victoria/Tasmania
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 | Focus on leisure interests and activities: preparations afoot for another art and craft show; dolls not just for child's play; remembering, celebrating and dreaming together, kosher ice-cream parlour a hit! | ||
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 | Dealing with pain management when coupled with dementia; Educating staff for better outcomes; Over assessment better than under assessment; Pain management strategies; Alternative ways of combating pain; The need to understand pain | ||
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 | Focus on infection control: Flu season ahead - time to get ready; Call to action during infection outbreak; Dementia adds another dimension to infection control; New manual aids infection outbreak prevention. | ||
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 | Dementia care: Creativity proves valuable in dementia care; Innovative strategies for dementia; Dealing with a difficult time of day; Wandering; plus New Minister for Ageing and Director profile | ||
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 | Aged care through the festive season and beyond; focus on cultural and spiritual life; director profile | ||
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 | Sustaining a healthy workforce; introducing staff in Agency's Melbourne office; Anglican Care uses clinical governance to enhance standards; computerisation improves resident care at IBIS; Better Practice Melbourne | ||
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 | Focus on leisure interests and activities: Cappuccino hour at Scalabrini, Playgroup brings joy to generations; Is religion good for our health? | ||
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Special edition on the improvement of the aged care industry since 2000 | |||
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 | Medication management; Wedding belles; Speaking your language; Redland Residential Care; Cruising - again; Focus on medication management; Director profile | ||
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 | Protecting independence; Improved feedback; My write foot; Out 'n' about; Focus on independence; Director profile | ||
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 | WA nurse of the year; National palliative care initiative launched; History on display; Focus on oral and dental care; A visit to yesteryear; Going platinum | ||
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 | The Standard - May 2007 special edition Special edition on preparing for an unannounced visit from the Agency - About unannounced visits; Planning for your unannounced visit; Once the Agency is on site; A plan for the day; Start planning NOW!; Self-assessment; The Assessment Modules | ||
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 | For the love of art, Introducing the new Minister, Criminal records checks, Cooking up a storm, Getting to know you, Focus on cultural and spiritual life, Director profile | ||
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 | Influenza outbreak - one home's experience; Mixed nuts award; Infection control toolkit tackles the Norovirus; Influenza - is it worth the risk? | ||
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 | Continuous improvement - an integral part of core business; Assessment modules; Learning and development opportunities for staff; Nurse practitioner makes history; Director profile | ||
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 | Evidence based practice; seminars on strategic continuous improvement; residential aged care communique; Government's new aged care website; Mobile again; Better Practice in aged care awards | ||
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 | Unannounced visits; Celebration of life; Tips for getting the most from your internal audits; Better Practice in aged care awards; New online resource on culturally appropriate aged care | ||
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 | Increased unannounced visits; education for industry; hip protectors save the day; safe and sound? | ||
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 | Never too old to burn rubber; Influenza, influenza pandemic and aged care; infection control - what assessors look for; Better Practice Award recipients | ||
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 | Budget statement; spot checks; nutrition and hydration; qualitty indicators; Better Practice in aged care award recipients | ||
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 | Action on complaints; Residents rally around baton relay; Profile Keitha Griggs; Better Practice in Aged Care Award recipients; Assessor education benefits residents; Accreditation guide | ||
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 | Better practice at Winston Lodge; Aged care snapshot; Profile of Maree Gaffney, training coordinator; Better Practice Award recipients; Occupational therapy makes a difference; Chelsea Manor enters Melbourne's Olympic Dream Fun Run | ||
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 | Aged stretch it out with the young; Better Practice Awards recipients; Young and old connect in Marangaroo, WA; Helping the kids at Christmas; Better Practice 2006 | ||
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 | Bird watching builds self-esteem; Agency DVD wins national award; Don't speak English good?; Informed choices | ||
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 | Stars in aged care recognised; Taking it off for breast cancer; Preventing medication errors; Ideas to promote transfer and mobility skills | ||
 | Award for Amity at Newcomb; Holiday of a lifetime; Improved service through surveys; Fancy a cuppa? | ||
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 | New look website for the Agency, bringing back a resident's smile, understanding the survivors' journey | ||
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 | The Agency's new DVD, Living with dementia, Clown doctors 'operating' in aged care, the Agency's Better Practice events... | ||
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 | Love, compassion and dignity - The Standard survey results - Call for assessors - Profile: Sharon Davis, NT Manager | ||
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 | Pencils, paints and dementia - Mental health for staff the Spencer way - Glen Waverley on a winning streak - Weeding out the generation gap - Better Practice in Aged Care Awards | ||
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 | Accreditation: What's new?, Better Practice events, Profile Phil McDonald, Aged Care Quality Assessor... | ||
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 | Harmony in urban oasis, nurse practitioners, accreditation innovation, do you have an evacuation plan? | ||
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