Media + Blog
24
Apr
Measuring wellbeing and quality of life in aged care
Category: Blog
A provider’s new care model integrates an international care outcome measurement tool in an exciting and unique way. Measuring wellbeing outcomes and the impact of aged care servic...
23
Apr
Top tips for creating a safe and ‘ideas-sharing’ environment in your organisation
Category: Blog
Innovation is more than new technology. It means not being afraid to fail when you take a risk. Innovation in aged care is a key focus for 2018. Recent investments by the federal g...
22
Apr
Aged care’s important words advance the industry
Category: Blog
Apart from the obvious ones, how many words starting with ‘c’ can you name in the aged care industry? Visit the glossary of the My Aged Care website and we get: carer; client; comp...
21
Apr
Virtual Reality: Coming to a clinical care session near you
Category: Blog
A robotic dog and virtual swims with dolphins are helping older Australians manage pain. In what may be Australia’s first use of virtual reality (VR) in the community setting, aged...
19
Apr
Disruption is dead, long live disruption
Category: Blog
A ‘business-as-usual’ approach can become untenable for those who are not attuned to capitalising on opportunities. The science fiction writer, William Gibson, once offered that: &...
21
Mar
innovAGEING partners with KontentLabs to foster open innovation
Category: Media
Aged care professionals will be able to collaborate, share ideas, and gain knowledge in real time with the development of an online open innovation lab. The initiative was launched...
10
Mar
Digital design and technology meets aged care innovation
Category: Media
Sydney, NSW: Digital design and technology company, Alive and innovation network innovAGEING, established in late 2017 by Leading Age Services Australia, are pleased to announce a ...
08
Mar
Robotic pets, Uber-like services in aged care’s future
Category: Media
Driverless cars for those in aged care are among the current innovations in the sector, and the federal government wants to get on board. On Wednesday, Minister for Aged Care Ken W...
02
Mar
Getting Aged Care Innovation Right And Karma’s Inevitability
Category: Blog
For those who’ve been following, the aged care industry is currently undergoing sweeping changes as a result of government reforms to address demographic pressures, rising costs, a...
23
Jan
Government backs innovation in aged care
Category: Media
A dollar for dollar investment into innovation in the aged care sector has been announced with the Federal Minister for Aged Care pledging $400,000 to the innovAGEING network over ...