Ageing - Careseekers (Page 3)

What Is End Of Life Care & How Careseekers Can Help When You Arrive At This Point

End of life care aims to help those who have a life-limiting or life-threatening illness. The focus of this care is managing symptoms and providing assistance and comfort.

Aged Care

Navigating My Aged Care - How To Get A Home Care Package Fast

Understanding and navigating My Aged Care can be a complex and difficult process for individuals and families. We hope the following points assist you in the process.

Aged Care

What Is Personal Care?

All individuals have the right to expect safe, effective and quality delivery of personal and clinical care.

careseekers

Keeping Cool This Summer

Extreme heat can be dangerous and can result in heat-related illnesses including heat exhaustion, heat cramps and heat stroke. It is important to prepare now as the weather is warming, to ensure your home is cool and comfortable during the summer months.

Aged Care

Keeping Well At Home

The challenges faced by older Australians during COVID-19 are complex and many of the measures designed to keep us all safe are having a disproportionate effect.

Aged Care

What is an Enabling Approach?

Also described as a new way of restoring and supporting the independence of older people, the enabling approach is goal oriented, aiming to build on strengths and goals, with the objective of fostering greater independence and, where possible, less reliance on services.

Care Workers

How Existing Skills Can Transfer To Care & Support Work

The skills and experience gained in other industries or through caring for a family can be successfully and easily transferred into care and support work to make a difference in someone's life.

Alzheimers and Dementia

New discoveries in dementia research in 2018

Did you know that over 400,000 Australians have dementia? The disease affects almost 1 in 10 of us aged over 65? Fortunately, there’s some exciting news for those that are suffering,

Aged Care

When you invite a live-in care worker into a home, they’ll assist you with a lot of things…

Ageing Parents

The medical tests you must have as you age

The best way to keep healthy and on top of things as you age is to regularly check on the parts of the body that are most susceptible to things going wrong. Although tests and check- ups can be time consuming and uncomfortable they are very important.