Week 3 of October We started off the week with learning about Medical Terminologies and students enjoyed learning new interesting terminologies! We also had our regular First Aid Training session. One of the batches of students studied the details of managing Legal and Ethical Compliance in Aged Care and they were introduced to all the […]

Weekly recap! We started the week with learning all about the vital communication skills required as healthcare workers and went into all the details of the unit Communicate and work in health or community services. Those students specialising in ageing support, learnt regarding the various kinds of networks and collaborative partnerships involved in the aged […]

  This is the beginning of October! We had 5 interesting topics covered in different batches this week. Infection control was one of the major topics that the students enjoyed and could definitely relate with the COVID precautions already in place everywhere. The students specialising in disability support learnt more about person centered services. We welcomed October […]

THE ABC MODEL of Stress Reduction for Aged Care Staff, Disability Support Staff and Acute Care Staff A + B = C Model A = Activating Event …which are the triggers that cause potential stress, this is different for everyone based on individual exposure and experiences. eg. New job, change in situation, accident, fights, loud sounds, multitasking, […]

Weekly Recap During the week we studied various topics in different batches. We studied regarding the safety requirements while transporting clients from one place to another as well as the various policy procedures that are required to be understood and followed as part of this process. In another batch, we also learnt a lot about […]

How to communicate effectively to an elderly person with Dementia? It is essential to know for care workers how to communicate with people with dementia because they have to provide care for their clients and some clients might be having dementia. To make the process of aged care more pleasant and to improve the quality […]