There’s a quiet revolution happening in aged care. It’s called Person Centred Care and according to Aged Care Music Resources’ Graeme Pope it’s a welcome and long-overdue way of thinking. At its core, Person Centred Care acknowledges elderly residents as individuals with unique likes, interests, passions and pasts. It understands the human value of individuality […]
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Reviewed by Lauretta Kaldor 5th October 2014 Many recreation staff would have at their facility the Ulverscroft red and blue large print songbooks which are used for sing along sessions or entertainment where there is a pianist to play the music or a music therapist is present. There are 381 songs in these books and
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Saddened but not surprised was our reaction to an aged care industry report which revealed more than half of all permanent aged care residents in Australia have depression. This alarming finding was outlined in a four-year study commissioned by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The study found more than 53 per cent of women and
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AGED CARE QUALITY AND SAFETY COMMISSION: Christine Bryden was diagnosed with dementia at 46 years of age after experiencing symptoms of what she thought was stress, including headaches and some of the stereotypical forgetfulness, memory loss and confusion. Twenty years later Ms Bryden continues to advocate for improvements in the care provided to people living
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