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Care facility fails disabled SA man

AAP - 16-02-2022

A disabled man in a South Australian government care facility was left in soiled clothes with an infected pressure wound, an investigation has found. The Health

 
Women make up half the disability population but just over a third of NDIS recipients

HealthTimes - 08-02-2022

Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding to nearly 500,000 Australians with disability.  

 
Disability staff with COVID still working

AAP - 26-01-2022

Two COVID-19 positive disability support workers at a residential facility in regional Victoria have been granted an exemption by the state's health department to continue

 
Virus causes disability staffing shortages

AAP - 16-01-2022

Disability service workers urgently need more support from state and federal governments as COVID-19 has caused severe staffing shortages, according to union officials and

 
Vic child disability car restraints tested

AAP - 20-12-2021

Victoria is crash testing vehicle restraints made for children with disabilities and medical conditions. In a world-first program launched on Monday, nine specialised

 
Aussie push to fight blindness globally

AAP - 16-12-2021

Millions of people suffering from blindness and eye disease around the world could benefit from a new research collaboration between Australian universities and research institutions.

 
'Back to normal' not the answer for people living with disability

Nicole Madigan - 06-12-2021

The Australian Physiotherapy Association has called against a return to normal for people with disabilities, particularly when it comes to accessing physiotherapy.

 
How to support a disabled patient?

HealthTimes - 04-11-2021

As a GP, you’ll probably come across many disabled patients from all walks of life and levels of function. Some may only require support during transitory

 
'I did it myself' - guidelines to give greater independence to kids with cerebral palsy

HealthTimes - 05-10-2021

New International Clinical Practice guidelines for the treatment of children with cerebral palsy (CP) have been drawn up by an expert panel of researchers led by The University

 
Health Minister Hunt defended disability care residents waiting for jabs

AAP - 21-04-2021

Health officials have promised to ramp up coronavirus jabs in disability care after revealing only a fraction have been administered in the high-priority group.

 

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