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Risk Assessment and Management in Home and Community Settings
Falls Prevention in Home and Community Settings
Lone Working Safety in Home and Community Settings
Promoting Staff Wellbeing in Home-Based End of Life Care
Communicating at the End of Life: Care Workers
Palliative Care in Home Care: Care Workers
Creating a Safe Environment for NDIS Participants
Palliative Care Symptom Management: Case Study
Child Safeguarding: Recognising and Responding in Home Care Settings
Creams and Ointments
Articles
FreePurposeful Engagement and Activities for People with Dementia
FreeProviding Mealtime Support: Home Care
FreeStoma Care in the Home
FreeNational Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards (PCHC) Explained
FreeMeal Service in Home Care
FreePercutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Site Care
FreeActivities Of Daily Living In Palliative Care
FreeMeal Planning in Home Care
FreeCompression Stockings: Application, Removal and Care
FreeBlood Glucose Monitoring in Home Care
FreeSafety and Assistance After a Fall
FreeContinuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
FreeSupporting Intimacy and Sexuality for Older People Receiving Home Care
FreeCare and Management of Aphasia
FreeAlien Hand Syndrome
FreeBehaviour Management and BPSD
FreeTypes of Muscular Dystrophy
FreeUnderstanding Invisible Disability
FreeOral Health in People With Disability
FreeLifestyle Risk Factors in People With Disability
FreeCare Considerations for Forgotten Australians, Stolen Generations and Former Child Migrants
FreeAddressing Health Risks in NDIS Participants
FreeDogs in Healthcare Settings
FreeEffective Surface and Environment Cleaning
FreeUrinary Catheter Care in the Home
FreeEnteral Feeding Support: NDIS High Intensity Daily Personal Activities and Support Skills Descriptors
FreeComplex Bowel Care: NDIS High Intensity Daily Personal Activities and Support Skills Descriptors
FreeVentilator Support: NDIS High Intensity Daily Personal Activities
FreeDisability in the Workplace and Persistent Stigma
FreeSafe Environment: NDIS Provision of Supports Environment
FreeWhat is Consumer-directed Care?
FreeInformation Management: NDIS Provider Governance and Operational Management
FreeManagement of Waste: NDIS Provision of Supports Environment
FreeThe Importance of Cultural Safety in Home Care
FreeLoneliness and Social Isolation in Home Care
FreeMobility Issues and Limitations in Home Care
FreeLaundry and Infection Control in Home Care
FreeUnexplained Absences and Missing Residents
FreeFood Handling Basics
FreeDysphagia and Swallowing
FreeUnderstanding End-of-life Care in Australia
FreeA Palliative Approach to Care
FreeSensory Loss in Older People
FreeOral Health for Older Adults
FreeUnderstanding Mobility Aids
FreeA Wellness and Reablement Approach to Purposeful Ageing
FreeTimely, Appropriate Referrals and Responding to Deterioration in Community and Residential Care
FreeRisk Assessment and Management in the Home
FreeFire Safety in Your Client’s Home
FreeShowering, Bed-Bathing and Hygiene for Caregivers
FreeAn Introduction to Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
FreeFire, Security and Workplace Emergencies
FreeDignity of Risk
FreeQuality of Life for Older Australians
FreeCommunicating with Someone Who Has Dementia
FreeUnderstanding Professional Boundaries
FreeAssessing Frailty in Older Adults
FreeAssessing Depression in Dementia with the Cornell Scale
FreeChemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy
FreePneumonia Symptoms, Signs and Treatment
FreeTraumatic Brain Injuries
FreeThe Care of External Fixation Devices
FreeHydrocephalus and Shunts
FreeNursing Care of Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
FreeCaring for Clients With Hearing Loss
FreePost-Stroke Management and Care
FreeCaring for Clients With Corrective Lenses (Glasses and Contacts)
FreeTransporting Clients Safely
FreeLone Working Safety in the Home
FreePreventing Falls in the Home
FreePreventing Falls After Discharge
FreeRestrictive Practices: Seclusion
FreeEarly Childhood NDIS Support
FreeParticipant Money and Property: NDIS Provision of Supports Environment
FreeDifferent Types of Stroke
FreeVentilator Management in the Community
FreeHow to Take Blood Pressure
FreeCaring for Enteral Tubes
FreeUnderstanding Brain Damage Locations
FreeIdentifying Pain in Those Who Can’t Communicate It
FreeDelirium Awareness and Cognitive Impairment
FreeTracheostomy Management: NDIS High Intensity Daily Personal Activities
FreeRehabilitative Care of a Patient Following Polytrauma
FreeThree Areas of Focus for Improving Care of the Older Adult
FreeA Guide to Optimal Health in Aged Care
FreeThe Amputation Journey
Courses
Risk Assessment and Management in Home and Community Settings
Falls Prevention in Home and Community Settings
Lone Working Safety in Home and Community Settings
Palliative Care in Home Care: Care Workers
Communicating at the End of Life: Care Workers
Promoting Staff Wellbeing in Home-Based End of Life Care
Creating a Safe Environment for NDIS Participants
Child Safeguarding: Recognising and Responding in Home Care Settings
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)
NDIS Practice Standards: High Intensity Daily Personal Activities
Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS): Care Workers
Medication Prompting, Assistance and Administration for Care Workers
Sensory Loss and Impairment in the Older Person
Food Safety in Aged Care
Supporting Activities of Daily Living: Continence and Toileting
FreeSerious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)
Understanding Care Plans in Aged Care
Transitions of Care for Older People
Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards: Home Care
Dignity of Risk & Decision-Making in Aged Care
Cultural Safety in Healthcare
Pain Management
Privacy, Confidentiality, Dignity and Personal Information in Aged Care
FreeStrengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
Standard 2: The Organisation
Standard 1: The Individual
Standard 4: The Environment
Culturally Safe, Trauma-Aware and Healing-Informed Care
Standard 5: Clinical Care
Standard 6: Food and Nutrition
Standard 3: The Care and Services
The Code of Conduct for Aged Care
Understanding Schizophrenia
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Person-Centred, Rights-Based Care for the Older Person
Scope of Practice: Care Workers
Mandatory Reporting
Diabetes Emergencies: Hypoglycaemia
Documentation and Report Writing
Communicating with NDIS Participants
Dementia Care
Delirium
Wound Cleansing and Debridement
Wound Dressing
Wound Assessment
The NDIS Code of Conduct
Communicating in Aged Care
Choking Management in Aged Care
Customer Service
Hand Hygiene Essentials
Pain Management in Aged Care: Care Workers
Understanding Tracheostomies
NDIS Practice Standards: Core Module
Domestic Assistance in a Client’s Home
Supporting Activities of Daily Living: Ambulating and Transferring
A Palliative Approach to Care
Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Care Workers
Fire Safety in Home Care
Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Aged Care
Meal Assistance in Home Care
Documentation in Aged Care
Elder Abuse
Basic Life Support (BLS)
LGBTIQ+ in Aged Care
Pressure Injuries
Consent to Treatment
Skin Integrity and Pressure Injuries: Care Workers
Falls Prevention and Management: Care Workers
Care of a Person Living with Epilepsy
Supporting Activities of Daily Living: Dressing and Personal Hygiene
Supporting Activities of Daily Living: Showering and Bathing
Dysphagia and the IDDSI Framework
FreeOpen Disclosure and Apology
Oral Health for Older Adults
High-Risk Medicines
Care of a Person with a Developmental Disability
FreeInfection Prevention and Control
Dementia and Understanding Behavioural Changes
FreeBullying, Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace
Venous Thromboembolism
Duty of Care
Cyber Security
Living with a Long-Term Stoma
Stroke Management
Management of Urinary Incontinence
Acute Stoma Care
Diabetes Motivation, Engagement and Education
Managing Aggression in the Workplace
Leg Ulcers and Compression Therapy
Advance Care Directives
Manual Handling Safety
Preventing Medication Errors
Clinical Detective: Cardiovascular
Lectures
Palliative Care Symptom Management: Case Study
Creams and Ointments
Aged Care: Medication Management and Error-Reduction
Dizziness and Medications
Accreditation: What Does it Mean for You and Your Client?
Medication Issues for People with Chronic Disease and Disabilities
Medication Safety in the Home
Missed Care: A Shocking Tale of Neglect
Mental Health Stigma
Slings
Urinary Retention Care
Nutrition and Hydration in Older Adults
Basics of Functional Neurological Disorder
Dementia Series: Planning Activities
Dementia Series: Communication
Intellectual Disability and Offending Behaviour
Intellectual Disability and Healthcare
Supporting People with Complex Disabilities in Hospital
Understanding Aphasia in Adults
Caring for People with Complex Disabilities
Enteral Feeding: A Speech Pathologist's Perspective
Reducing the Risk of Choking in Adults
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Adults
Dementia: Managing Changed Behaviours
Acquired Brain Injury and Post-traumatic Amnesia
Syringe Drivers Use and Management
Hypoglycaemia Management in Aged Care
Reducing Hospital Admissions and the Importance of Keeping Older Persons at Home
Diabetes: Help the GP, Help Your Residents
Eating Disorders in Older People
My Career Journey: Nurse Practitioner
The Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Primary Healthcare
How to Assess a Peripheral IV Cannula
Reporting Incidents with Confidence
Let's Chat with Healthcare Workers
Obese Patients in Crisis
Time Management in 2021
Performance Measurement
Pelvic Fractures: Preparing the Patient for Retrieval
Brain Anatomy and Physiology
Further Resources
FreeFamilial MND and Genetic Testing
FreeStatement of Rights
FreeSupported Decision-making
FreeThe View From Here: Skills in Aged and Community Dementia Care
FreeRecognising and Acting on Pain in People Living with Dementia for Direct Care Workers
FreeAppropriate Use of Benzodiazepines and Other Sedatives
FreeUnderstanding Changed Behaviour
FreeThe Pain Puzzle: Recognition, Assessment and Treatment of Pain in People Living with Dementia
FreeDementia Friendly Pharmacy
FreeDementia Care Training for Volunteers
FreeWalking Safely with Dementia
FreeThe View From Here: Skills in Dementia Care for Acute Settings
FreeCaring for LGBTI People with Dementia
FreeCreating Supportive Environments for People Living with Dementia
FreeReducing Medicines in People Living with Dementia
FreeDecoding Delirium
Understanding Pain in Older People
FreeSexuality and intimacy with MND
FreeBreathing and MND: medications and non-invasive ventilation
FreePain Management and MND
FreePhysical Activity and MND
FreeBreathing and MND: an introduction
FreeCognitive and behaviour change in MND
FreeFor Health Professionals and Service Providers
FreeMaintaining Weight for Health with MND
FreeConsidering gastrostomy: PEG & RIG
FreeSupporting People Living with Dementia
FreePromoting Mental Health and Wellbeing
FreeThe Aged Care Quality Standards
FreePerson-centred Care
FreeWound management and Pressure Injury Prevention
FreeThe Australian Aged Care System
FreePrevention of Falls
FreePalliative and End-of-Life Care
FreeExploring the Role of Nurses, Personal Care Workers and Allied Health Professionals working in Aged Care
Meaningful Engagement Mentors Program
Ask Annie
Talk with Ted
Free2021 Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status
Free2022 Summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status - selected topics
Free2021 Review of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Free2020 Summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status - selected topics
FreeReview of Cardiovascular Health Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People