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Disability and In-Home Care Resources

The following resources provide insight into topics relevant to nurses and other healthcare workers in the disability and home-care environment. Topics include:

  • Managing urinary incontinence in the community,
  • Supporting carers,
  • Preventing pressure injuries,
  • Caring for a person with an acquired brain injury and much, much more.
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Showering, Bed-Bathing and Hygiene for Caregivers
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Dementia Awareness
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Purposeful Engagement and Activities for People with Dementia
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Communicating with Someone Who Has Dementia
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A Wellness and Reablement Approach to Purposeful Ageing
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Meal Planning in Aged Care
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Malnutrition in the Older Adult
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Intimacy and Sexuality in Aged Care
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Meal Service in Aged Care
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Managing Aggression in the Workplace
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Unexplained Absences and Missing Residents
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Understanding Professional Boundaries
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Fire, Security and Workplace Emergencies
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Dignity of Risk
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What is Depression / Major Depressive Disorder?
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Mobility Issues and Limitations in Aged Care
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Maternity Care for Women with a Higher Body Weight
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48m
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Continence Management in the Community
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Urinary Incontinence - Disorder or Symptom?
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Caring for the Carers
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Management of Urinary Incontinence in the Community
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1h 10m
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Food Handling Basics
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Cultural Considerations in Healthcare
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Image for Navigating the NDIS - For Participants and Healthcare Professionals
Navigating the NDIS - For Participants and Healthcare Professionals
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5m
Image for Preventing Pressure Injuries (PCAs and AINs)
Preventing Pressure Injuries (PCAs and AINs)
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37m
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Hand Hygiene Essentials
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40m
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Pressure Injury
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1h 30m
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Mental Health Disorders and Chronic Physical Illness
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1h 15m
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Oral Health for Older People
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1h 5m
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Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Adult
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1h 20m
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Advance Care Directives
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1h 5m
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Falls Prevention at the Bedside
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1h 10m
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Identifying Falls Risk
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1h 10m
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Falls: Psychosocial Care
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1h 5m
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Can You Speed Up Recovery From Colds and Flu?
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Falls Prevention
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Storytelling and Health Literacy in Rural Areas
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Crohn’s Disease
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Pain Management
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1h 5m
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What are Home Care Packages?
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Oral Health Care Plans for Long-Term Patients
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9m
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Delirium Awareness and Cognitive Impairment
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Managing Oedema and Lymphoedema with Hydrotherapy
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Improving a Patient’s Strength and Range of Motion with Aquatic Therapy
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Image for Aquatic Physiotherapy: What Does it Bring to the Therapeutic Table?
Aquatic Physiotherapy: What Does it Bring to the Therapeutic Table?
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Amputee Awareness
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Pneumonia Symptoms, Signs and Treatment
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Research into Rural Healthcare and Isolation
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Even More Ways to Progress Any Rehabilitation Exercise, Task or Activity
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Ways to Progress Any Rehabilitation Exercise, Task or Activity
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Image for Five Evidence-Based Ways to Hone Proprioception
Five Evidence-Based Ways to Hone Proprioception
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The Pelvic Floor – What is it and Why Should I Exercise it?
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Enrich Your Exercise Programs: Add a Cognitive Overlay
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Image for Is Walking Speed Really the 6th Vital Sign? The Walking Speed Test
Is Walking Speed Really the 6th Vital Sign? The Walking Speed Test
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Image for Four Bedside Tests and Measures to Determine Walking Safety
Four Bedside Tests and Measures to Determine Walking Safety
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Nursing People in Prisons
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Flu Vaccination Injection Sites
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Image for Living With a Stoma and its Psychological Impacts
Living With a Stoma and its Psychological Impacts
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9m
Image for Flu Vaccination Season – Recap and Resources for Nurses
Flu Vaccination Season – Recap and Resources for Nurses
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8m
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Hydrocephalus and Shunts
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8m
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Promoting Sexual Health in a Patient – Points to Consider for Safe Sexual Health
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Understanding Brain Damage Locations
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Cancer Rehabilitation in a Multidisciplinary Team
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Arts and Health
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Nursing Care of External Fixation Devices
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The Amputation Journey
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Rehabilitative Care of a Patient Following Polytrauma
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Parkinson's Disease
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Image for Genetic Testing in the Hands of the Consumer – The Genomics Revolution
Genetic Testing in the Hands of the Consumer – The Genomics Revolution
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Traumatic Brain Injuries
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Image for Understanding Organ and Tissue Donation – The GIVE Trigger
Understanding Organ and Tissue Donation – The GIVE Trigger
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Image for Neural Mechanisms Of Spontaneous Recovery – Stroke Care Management
Neural Mechanisms Of Spontaneous Recovery – Stroke Care Management
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Image for Aphasia: Care and Management of Post-Stroke Receptive Aphasia
Aphasia: Care and Management of Post-Stroke Receptive Aphasia
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9m
Image for Nicotine Withdrawal in Inpatients – How Nurses Can Help
Nicotine Withdrawal in Inpatients – How Nurses Can Help
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Image for Stroke Care Management: Motivation and Engagement
Stroke Care Management: Motivation and Engagement
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4m
Image for Stroke Care Management: Alien Hand Syndrome
Stroke Care Management: Alien Hand Syndrome
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5m
Image for Nursing Care of Someone With MND
Nursing Care of Someone With MND
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Common Constipation Treatments
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Image for Integrating Cognitive Challenges into Everyday Treatment
Integrating Cognitive Challenges into Everyday Treatment
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