Categories for Nursing Notes

IDDSI Update – Level 7 split into two categories

IDDSI Update – Regular and Easy To Chew The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) has made an update to Regular… View Article

IDDSI Framework for Dysphagia

IDDSI have developed an international standardised framework for people with dysphagia who require texture modified food and thickened fluids. The… View Article

Type Two Diabetes: A Growing Health Risk

According to the organisation Diabetes Australia, more people than ever are at risk of Type Two Diabetes. Currently, numbers stand… View Article

First Person Care Planning – A Terminology Shift

As the push for more person centred care continues, our in-house RN Eileen Ross explores the impact this may have… View Article

Wound Assessment and Skin Health in Residential Care

The largest organ in the body… Skin accounts for 15% of a person’s overall body weight. The skin’s three layers,… View Article

Nutrition & Hydration in Residential Care

Malnutrition and dehydration in care settings is not a new issue. Back in 1859 (way, way back), Florence Nightingale claimed “Every careful observer… View Article

Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Care

Infection Prevention and Control Infections have the capacity to spread rapidly within environments where many people are living and… View Article

Delirium in Older People: Identification & Management

Delirium is a serious disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of the individual’s environment…. View Article

Falls Prevention and Management

Identifying the risk factors for falling can help care staff in their assessments and assist them to prevent falls whilst… View Article

Managing Incontinence in Residential Care

Prevalence and Cost of Incontinence Historically it is challenging to obtain accurate statistics around the prevalence of incontinence; due to… View Article

Chronic Pain Management in Residential Care

A study by Help the Aged in 2008 identified that “Older people are more likely to experience pain, less likely to… View Article