Digital health literacy to enhance workforce skills and clinical effectiveness: A response to 'Digital health literacy: Helpful today, dependency tomorrow? Contingency planning in a digital age'
Australas J Ageing. 2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13257. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37986677 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13257 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Helen M Haydon Centaine L Snoswell Cindy Jones Melissa Carey Melissa Taylor Louise Horstmanshof Richard Hicks Mojtaba Lotfaliany Annie Banbury Source Type: research
Parkinson's disease physical therapy services during COVID-19: A phenomenological study
CONCLUSIONS: This study explored the experiences of people with PD and their therapists by contrasting their prepandemic and in-pandemic experiences. People with PD valued telehealth access during the pandemic, but extra support was initially required to use telehealth successfully. Empowering aspects of telehealth included patients learning new skills and self-management strategies from telehealth interactions with therapists. Therapists at this health service were motivated to continue with telehealth beyond the pandemic. Despite finding it challenging initially, they were surprised by how well people with PD managed tel...
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alexa Y Z Tham Eloise Harrison Melanie K Farlie Source Type: research
'There's something they can do': Educating aged care staff about the trajectory of dementia, palliative care and the Namaste Care ™ program: A mixed methods study
CONCLUSIONS: Dementia education using the Namaste Care™ program enabled staff to identify gaps in knowledge and skills within their own practice. Staff perceived that the Namaste Care™ program can be a driver for practice change including palliative care to improve quality of life for people living in the advanced stages of dementia.PMID:37986653 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13256 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sara Karacsony Melissa R Abela Claire Eccleston Source Type: research
Digital health literacy to enhance workforce skills and clinical effectiveness: A response to 'Digital health literacy: Helpful today, dependency tomorrow? Contingency planning in a digital age'
Australas J Ageing. 2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13257. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37986677 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13257 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Helen M Haydon Centaine L Snoswell Cindy Jones Melissa Carey Melissa Taylor Louise Horstmanshof Richard Hicks Mojtaba Lotfaliany Annie Banbury Source Type: research
Parkinson's disease physical therapy services during COVID-19: A phenomenological study
CONCLUSIONS: This study explored the experiences of people with PD and their therapists by contrasting their prepandemic and in-pandemic experiences. People with PD valued telehealth access during the pandemic, but extra support was initially required to use telehealth successfully. Empowering aspects of telehealth included patients learning new skills and self-management strategies from telehealth interactions with therapists. Therapists at this health service were motivated to continue with telehealth beyond the pandemic. Despite finding it challenging initially, they were surprised by how well people with PD managed tel...
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - November 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alexa Y Z Tham Eloise Harrison Melanie K Farlie Source Type: research
Embedded on-site aged care pharmacists in Australia: Insights from early adopters of a new workforce model
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the resident- and system-level roles and benefits of embedded on-site pharmacists, and provides a framework for defining this emerging workforce model in Australian RACFs.PMID:37877349 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13254 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Amanda J Cross J Simon Bell Michelle Steeper Adam La Caze Source Type: research
Preferred type, timing and format of dementia information: A cross-sectional survey of carers of people living with dementia
CONCLUSIONS: Carers of people living with dementia expressed a desire for information on a wide range of topics, which changed as the dementia of the person they cared for progressed. Information needs to be made available in a variety of formats to cater for differing ways in which it is consumed.PMID:37877350 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13251 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mani Berghout Amy Waller Nicole Lachapelle Natasha Noble Balakrishnan Kichu Nair Rob Sanson-Fisher Source Type: research
Embedded on-site aged care pharmacists in Australia: Insights from early adopters of a new workforce model
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the resident- and system-level roles and benefits of embedded on-site pharmacists, and provides a framework for defining this emerging workforce model in Australian RACFs.PMID:37877349 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13254 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Amanda J Cross J Simon Bell Michelle Steeper Adam La Caze Source Type: research
Preferred type, timing and format of dementia information: A cross-sectional survey of carers of people living with dementia
CONCLUSIONS: Carers of people living with dementia expressed a desire for information on a wide range of topics, which changed as the dementia of the person they cared for progressed. Information needs to be made available in a variety of formats to cater for differing ways in which it is consumed.PMID:37877350 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13251 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mani Berghout Amy Waller Nicole Lachapelle Natasha Noble Balakrishnan Kichu Nair Rob Sanson-Fisher Source Type: research
Embedded on-site aged care pharmacists in Australia: Insights from early adopters of a new workforce model
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the resident- and system-level roles and benefits of embedded on-site pharmacists, and provides a framework for defining this emerging workforce model in Australian RACFs.PMID:37877349 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13254 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Amanda J Cross J Simon Bell Michelle Steeper Adam La Caze Source Type: research
Preferred type, timing and format of dementia information: A cross-sectional survey of carers of people living with dementia
CONCLUSIONS: Carers of people living with dementia expressed a desire for information on a wide range of topics, which changed as the dementia of the person they cared for progressed. Information needs to be made available in a variety of formats to cater for differing ways in which it is consumed.PMID:37877350 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13251 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mani Berghout Amy Waller Nicole Lachapelle Natasha Noble Balakrishnan Kichu Nair Rob Sanson-Fisher Source Type: research
Embedded on-site aged care pharmacists in Australia: Insights from early adopters of a new workforce model
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the resident- and system-level roles and benefits of embedded on-site pharmacists, and provides a framework for defining this emerging workforce model in Australian RACFs.PMID:37877349 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13254 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Amanda J Cross J Simon Bell Michelle Steeper Adam La Caze Source Type: research
Preferred type, timing and format of dementia information: A cross-sectional survey of carers of people living with dementia
CONCLUSIONS: Carers of people living with dementia expressed a desire for information on a wide range of topics, which changed as the dementia of the person they cared for progressed. Information needs to be made available in a variety of formats to cater for differing ways in which it is consumed.PMID:37877350 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13251 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mani Berghout Amy Waller Nicole Lachapelle Natasha Noble Balakrishnan Kichu Nair Rob Sanson-Fisher Source Type: research
Embedded on-site aged care pharmacists in Australia: Insights from early adopters of a new workforce model
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the resident- and system-level roles and benefits of embedded on-site pharmacists, and provides a framework for defining this emerging workforce model in Australian RACFs.PMID:37877349 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13254 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Amanda J Cross J Simon Bell Michelle Steeper Adam La Caze Source Type: research
Preferred type, timing and format of dementia information: A cross-sectional survey of carers of people living with dementia
CONCLUSIONS: Carers of people living with dementia expressed a desire for information on a wide range of topics, which changed as the dementia of the person they cared for progressed. Information needs to be made available in a variety of formats to cater for differing ways in which it is consumed.PMID:37877350 | DOI:10.1111/ajag.13251 (Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing)
Source: Australasian Journal on Ageing - October 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Mani Berghout Amy Waller Nicole Lachapelle Natasha Noble Balakrishnan Kichu Nair Rob Sanson-Fisher Source Type: research
