Care sector professional / leader
Long hours spent caring may speed cognitive decline in middle-aged and older people, new research suggests. Researchers found that providing care for 50 hours or more a week was linked to faster decline in memory and thinking skills. However, lighter caring duties of five to nine hours a week appeared to support brain health, with [...]
Tailored exercise programmes, vitamin D supplements and better nutrition are proven to help prevent falls in aged care homes, new research has found. A major international review led by Flinders University and published by the Cochrane Collaboration analysed data from 104 clinical trials involving nearly 69,000 older people living in care facilities across 25 countries [...]
