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WEEK COMMENCING 11 APRIL 2009
Childbirth: as safe as life gets
16 April 2009
Since the release of the report of the Maternity Services Review (MSR) in February 2009, the media has focused on homebirth frequently and positively.
GP referrals to 'care partners'
14 April 2009
Health groups are urging Nicola Roxon to make radical reforms to primary care, including referrals to privatised care co-ordinating groups such as insurers and charities.
$863k funding boost for home and community care in the NT
14 April 2009
The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, and Northern Territory Minister for Senior Territorians, Ms Malarndirri McCarthy today announced an extra $863,000 for Home and Community Care (HACC) services in the Northern Territory.
319 community aged care jobs in the NT
14 April 2009
Indigenous workers will now fill 319 jobs in the aged and community care sector, through changes to the Community Employment Development Projects (CDEP) program.
Minister opens extension to largest nursing home in NT
14 April 2009
Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot today officially opened a new nursing home extension in Darwin – bringing the total number of aged care places in the city to an all-time high of 276 places.
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US: Stem cells jumpstart bone's healing process
15 April 2009
Rarely will physicians use the word "miraculous" when discussing patient recoveries. But that's the very phrase orthopaedic physicians and scientists are using in upstate New York to describe their emerging stem cell research that could have a profound impact on the treatment of bone injuries.
US: Nursing homes to pay workers told to speak English
14 April 2009
A group of nursing homes in California and Texas will pay up to $450,000 to employees who said they faced discrimination for speaking Spanish at work.
UK's largest NHS trust to test nurses for compassion
14 April 2009
The UK’s largest NHS trust is to start using psychometric tests on its nursing recruits in a bid to assess their levels of compassion and the values they hold.
One in 10 NHS patients at risk from doctors' errors
14 April 2009
Overworked NHS staff may be endangering one in ten hospital patients, according to figures reported by the Daily Mirror newspaper.
US: Patients turn to nurse practitioners, physician assistants
12 April 2009
For tens of millions of Americans, the most familiar primary care provider is not a doctor, but a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant.
US: Get a trim and blood pressure check, too
12 April 2009
From New York to Los Angeles to St. Louis, health workers are going to barbershops, long a gathering place for black men, to provide screenings to those who may not get regular checkups.
UK: Call for boys to get cervical cancer jab
12 April 2009
Every schoolboy in Scotland should be vaccinated against the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer to stop them passing the infection to girls, leading experts demanded last night.
Nursing homes offer needed care for many
11 April 11 2009
Albany County Social Services Commissioner Vincent W. Colonno responded on March 24 to June Maniscalco's letter calling for a new county nursing home. I agree with Mr. Colonno that aging baby boomers want to remain independent in their own homes and communities. I want to remain home as long as I can myself.
US: Hispanics appear to face poorer quality nursing home care
10 April 2009
Nursing homes serving primarily Hispanic residents provided poorer quality care compared to facilities whose patients were mostly white, according to Brown University research. Details were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
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