Together Forever - Perfecting Dog and Owner Matchmaking

Choosing a dog to become part of your family is a big responsibility. This animal is going to be an important part of your life, a member of your family. So how do you choose the right one? And how do you build a strong bond of affection with it when you get it home?

Article by Sue Cartledge, published in Dog’s Life, September-October 2008.

Fit-for-purpose hospital flooring

Choosing and installing flooring for hospitals entails a range of factors other than just cost, colour and material, writes Sue Cartledge.

Article by Sue Cartledge, published in FM, June-July 2011.

Grip, not slip, in the digitally integrated OR

A state of the art digitally integrated operating suite at Concord RGH, in Sydney’s Inner West, is serving patients better and making the OH&S demands of theatre less onerous for surgical staff. Article by Sue Cartledge.

Article by Sue Cartledge published in FM magazine, March 2009, and more fully in Hospital&healthcare in December 2009-January 2010

Colour from artworks creates non-clinical effect to hospital renovations

Bright colours from artworks in the hospital create a warm non-clinical atmosphere in the refurbishment and redevelopment of St Vincents, Brisbane, formerly Mt Olivet Hospital.

Advertorial by Sue Cartledge, published in FM magazine. March 2010

Re-creation Health Club

A gym catering to 2600 members from teens to 40 year olds, and offering dancing, boxing and kids’ activities as well as the usual gym classes and weights, needs floors that can take a battering and come up shining.

Advertorial by Sue Cartledge, published in FM magazine, June 2009

Walking in the Park Brings Health & Happiness

Green exercise’ – doing physical activities in a park or other natural surroundings for as little as five minutes contributes to people’s wellbeing and mental health.

Enjoy Tai Chi and Reduce Depression, Diabetes & Obesity

Tai Chi has long been recognised as a gentle exercise that promotes a peaceful healthy lifestyle. A recent Australian study showed that it also helped depressed obese people to lose weight and feel happier.

Ten Minutes of Exercise - How Good Is That?

30 minutes of exercise every day, or at least an hour every other day is the usual prescription for maintaining normal fitness and avoiding heart disease and type two diabetes. Now metabolic profiling suggests you could gain the health benefits of one hour’s exercise from just 10 minutes. And the fitter you get, the more you benefit!

10 Tips to Getting Fit on a Tight Budget

We all need to keep fit, but in financially difficult times, exercise options shouldn’t put a strain on the pocketbook. Here are 10 commonsense tips for healthy exercise without breaking the bank.

Improve Muscle Strength, Power and Balance Whatever Your Age

No matter if you’re 20 or 70, regular resistance training will improve muscle strength, balance, power and stamina, and for elderly people, can also build bone strength and a better ability to face life’s challenges.

Getting Fit as a Family Builds More than Muscles

Enjoying fitness activities together as a family does more than reduce fat and build muscle. New research shows it builds strong family bonds too.