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H&A learns how stylish flooring can enhance aged care design when Sue Cartledge takes a look at Villa Serena’s floors.

What is the style that prospective residents and their families want in a residential aged care facility? How do interior design trends affect the way a person sees their new home?

Sue Cartledge looks at the trends taking hold in ‘08

There are some real benefits in caring for patients within their own homes after they’re discharged from hospital. Sue Cartledge takes a look at a community care program with an emphasis on teamwork.

Leah Bisiani is a self-styled crusader for dementia care, who runs regular workshops and training sessions, and addressed the prestigious 25th Annual Gerontology Assoication Conference in Canada last year (2006). She spoke to Sue Cartledge about the importance of ‘true person-centred care’.

Technological advances and new models of care are changing the face of ward and theatre design. Sue Cartledge attended a recent health facilities design conference to hear more about the trends.

The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne is working towards becoming a virtual paediatric hospital for youngsters and their families in remote and rural parts of Victoria. Sue Cartledge reports on the RCH’s progress.

Captain Clyde Thomson has served with the Royal Flying Doctor Service for 32 years, and is currently the CEO of the South-East Region, an area which stretches from Dubbo in North-west NSW to Launceston, in Northern Tasmania. He spoke to Sue Cartledge about changes to the RFDS.

Community care is generally taken to mean ageing in place in a person’s own home, but as Sue Cartledge found out when she attended the recent national community care conference, community care covers a lot more than helping the elderly.

Dr Rodney Jilek has spent the past four years finding out what it is older men want from aged care facilities, and looking for the best ways to provide it. He tells Sue Cartledge that a female majority of both residents and staff numbers leaves male residents feeling disempowered and isolated.

Increasingly, Australian hospitals are recognising the importance of an arts program. Sue Cartledge explores the impressive art collections - and argues, it’s a start!