- Wanted Occupational Therapists working in stroke rehabilitation, for research study, further information click here.
- Online 14th National Allied Health Conference 9-12th August Call for Abstracts
- World Delirium Day Videos: EBP delirium Delirium detection in clinical practice World delirium Down Under
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Evidence for a Window of Enhanced Plasticity in the Human Motor Cortex Following Ischemic Stroke This paper provides the first neurophysiological evidence consistent with a period of enhanced synaptic plasticity in the human brain after stroke. Behavioral training given during this period may be especially effective in supporting poststroke recovery.
Heart Foundation - Heart Health Check Toolkit
- Stroke Rehabilitation - ABC Radio Nightlife. Looks into the long rehabilitation journey of stroke patients and also find out the imporatnce of carers for patients on the road to recovery.
- Australian Telehealth for Stroke Community of Practice wants your help on the design of a new intervention program for secondary prevention of stroke using digital health technology. Please click here for further information and link to the survey.
- This new clinical practice guideline summarises evidence relevant to physical therapy management of adults with hip fracture.
- Interventions at Hospital Discharge to Guide Caregivers in Medication Management for People Living with Dementia: a Systematic Review. Full article published 3 February 2021 online.
- The Heart Foundation have updated their advice on eggs, dairy foods and red meat for heart healthy Australians. Click here for a summary of these changes and the latest nutritional evidence by the Heart Foundation.
- The role of diet in secondary stroke prevention. Full article publised 18th December 2020 online.
- Kidney Health Australia has announced that the popular app CKD Go! has been updated with the new information from our 4th edition Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Management in Primary Care handbook. The CKD Go! app can now be downloaded free from the iTunes Store and from Google Play Early detection and management for CKD at your fingertips!
- Risk factors for falling for people with Multiple Sclerosis identified in a prospective cohort study. Full article published 16th December 2020 online.
- Ask the Specialist: is a podcast for health professionals who work with Aboriginal patients. Created in the NT of Australia, doctors from Royal Darwin Hospital ask Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolngu leaders to answer their questions which span clinical to philosophical issues. 15 minute topics include: Recognising and addressing racism, Informed consent, Perspectives on health and well being, Patient centred care, Communicating with your patient.
- Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund website provides a secure source of funding to drive health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation and through these activities, improve the health and prosperity of all Western Australians. It also provides an opportunity to diversify the economy, create jobs, improve the sustainability of the health system and position WA as a leader in research and innovation. The themes for the inaugural FHRI 2020-22 Strategy are: People, Partners, Platforms and policy full document to view here
- Fall Prevention Exercise A recent meta-analysis published in Experimental Gerontology completed a comparison on fall prevention exercises and determined the key components to exercise to prevent falls. (Time limited free access)
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Review Article on the use of Anticholingeric medication and risk of dementia, released October 2020. Increased risk of incident dementia following use of anticholinergic agents: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis.
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Help sheet from Dementia Australia on Anticholinergic drugs and dementia
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Click here to the World Health Organisation’s Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours 2020
- Pandemic Kindness Movement. Love and belonging. We keep our distance physicallly, which means keeping connected emotionally is more important than ever. NSW Govt. Agency for Clinicial Innovation.
- Alzheimer's music therapy for patients - Former Ballet Dancer Marta C. Gonzalez listening to Swan Lake
- CareSearch Blog: Palliative Perspectives, Mental health and older adults: the importance of being present published 26 November 2020
- Delirium nature reviews disease primers, published 12 November 2020
- Out of sight, out of mind: long-term outcomes for people discharged home, to inpatient rehabilitation and to residential aged care after stroke. Full article published 14th December 2020 online.
- How am I going to get out of this?' Stroke patient tells of extraordinary fight to survive, as major study unveiled ABC news. Research in bid to help patients stand tall, further article with WA Dept of Health. Please watch ABC video clip here.