A year after the dementia diagnosis, Stuart was reasonably stable, but his cognition and memory started to deteriorate. He wasn’t able to put the rubbish in the colour coded bins, flooded the bathroom by leaving the tap on, misplaced house keys.
REDFERN: Australia’s oldest First Nation’s owned and operated health organisation, the Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS), now has facilities for the early detection of heart...
In July 2018 I resigned from my full-time senior management position in the department of NSW Health Pathology to become a committed carer for my husband, Stuart, who lives with dementia.
REDFERN: Locals crowded into the Redfern Hotel on Monday March 25 to farewell Dr Adrian Jones, retiring from medical practice after 47 years’ service. The popular General Practitioner had a surgery in Pitt Street for many years before moving into the Redfern Station Medical Centre on Redfern Street.
From the day of the diagnosis, my learning as a carer began. I was determined to do everything I could to give Stuart the best possible care, by using all the services, education and dementia-related programs available to support us.
Navigating the health system can be challenging. To address this, Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) has established the Health and Wellbeing Peer Education program.
Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby soon after birth could help reduce the risk of death, compared with immediately clamping the umbilical cord, or waiting a shorter time before doing so. Delaying clamping could decrease the child’s risk of death by more than half relative to immediate clamping.
“We encourage anyone living with or caring for someone with an allergic disease, along with health professionals and other interested people to register for the community consultation happening closest to them" ...
Survivors of sexual abuse confronted by the recent death of Cardinal Pell should be ‘as gentle with yourself as you can be and as you deserve’ and also reach out for help, even when doing so seems hard, writes Cathy Kezelman.
Redfern local, Beryl Ford, was diagnosed with glaucoma at 53 years old ... and she was shocked. She is sharing her story in support of Glaucoma Australia’s new fundraising initiative 7 Sights in 7 Days Challenge.
The Haymarket Foundation Medical Practice team has won a 2022 HESTA Impact Award for its dedication to providing accessible, specialist healthcare and housing support services for people experiencing, or who are at risk of, homelessness.
Heart disease kills more than two times as many Australian women than breast cancer. But did you know there is a difference for women in heart disease symptoms, prevention and management? And that these symptoms are easily missed or misdiagnosed?
New battle lines must be drawn, or Australian aged care risks defeat in the battle against Covid says CEO of Baptist Care in this open letter to the Prime Minister calling for change.
Heart disease kills more than two times as many Australian women than breast cancer. But did you know there is a difference for women in heart disease symptoms, prevention and management? And that these symptoms are easily missed or misdiagnosed?
As Sydney’s lockdown restrictions lift, Randa Kattan, CEO of the Arab Council of Australia says “the road out must be a broad highway that can carry all of us, not just the lucky few”. Others say to “build back better” we must seek diverse perspectives from those communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
The University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) is warning that without concerted and effective action, the disruption caused by Covid-19 will cast a “long shadow” on mental health.
