Australia | Hounds Helping Humans Programme
Greyhound Rescue has partnered with HammondCare to bring a spark of joy and companionship to people in residential aged-care homes. The programme is based…
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Australia | Mater and Bupa Partner to Expand Healthcare Options in Queensland
Mater Health and Bupa today announced an expanded partnership that will provide patients with new virtual and in-home care services, reducing the need to…
Budget Ignored Collapsing Aged Residential Care Sector
It looks like the Government has again failed New Zealand’s aged residential care (ARC) sector with Budget 2022, ignoring pay parity for aged care…
Opinion | Karuna Hospice Service
Author: Karuna Hospice Service CEO Tracey Porst Talking about death and dying is still strangely a taboo subject. No one in the “prime of…
Rosters are a Little Like Sudoku
Rostering is like doing a 90×90 Sudoku. It is massively time-consuming with so many complexities, trade-offs and often unpredictable demand drivers to consider on…
A Special Day in May
International Nurses Day (IND) is observed around the world on 12 May to mark the contributions that nurses make to society. The International Council of…
Delivering Critical PP Gear at a Critical Time
We’re all living through what is arguably the most challenging decade in recent history – and it’s not over yet. One Kiwi company that…
Longevity Diet – What and When to Eat
Examining a range of nutrition research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human populations provides a clearer picture of the best…
Research Shows Prunes Good for Bone Health
It’s already well known that prunes are good for your gut, but new Penn State research suggests they may be good for bone health,…
Summerset Rolls Out PainChek® Across All 24 of Its Care Centres in New Zealand
PainChek® is pleased to announce that Summerset, New Zealand’s third-largest care provider, is to roll out PainChek®’s digital pain assessment solution in all 24…
NZNO – Pay Equity Settlement Contrary to Equal Pay Act
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says a legal review of the recently proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement has…
Engineers Drive Better Outcomes for Cannabis Patients
New Zealand’s largest medicinal cannabis company, Helius Therapeutics, has launched an industry collaboration with the University of Canterbury’s Engineering Faculty. It sees Helius working together…