Health Articles
We’ve brought together many of our favourite articles published by our nurses and industry partners, including information sourced from leading healthcare manufacturers.
These articles focus on incontinence,travel, wound care, children’s health, NDIS information, carer and support worker information and nutrition.
In sharing this general advice, we hope to help you or someone you care for manage and improve your everyday health.
Maintaining Healthy Bowel Habits
Maintaining Healthy Bowel Habits Passing a regular soft formed stool (poo or faeces) without straining on daily basis is an excellent way to start the day. However, many people experience great difficulty passing a bowel motion and spend a lot of time sitting...
Keeping your New Year’s Resolutions
How to keep your New Year’s Resolutions Have you been guilty of setting New Year’s resolutions and then forgetting about them, or maybe even giving up before you really got started? In Australia, the five most common resolutions people make at the beginning of a new...
Your First Psychology Appointment…
What to Expect from your First Psychology Appointment Your first psychology appointment can be stressful, frightening, embarrassing or all these emotions combined. However, it’s also clear that seeing a psychologist has many benefits for your mental health,...
Planning Travel in COVID Normal
Planning Travel In COVID Normal As the year kicks off, its human nature to start thinking about the things you would like to achieve. For many of us, that might be a little bit of travel! After living through a year which saw huge restrictions around travel...
Life After COVID Lockdown
Life after COVID lockdown - considering anxiety in the new normal Living in a “COVID normal” world is a new reality for many across Australia, however depending on where we are located, we are all approaching this from a different situation. People living in Victoria...
Preparing for an Aged Care Christmas in 2020
A COVID Christmas Preparing for an aged care Christmas in 2020. If your family is like most, you probably have yearly Christmas traditions that involve spending time with those you love. But now we’re living amidst a global pandemic, chances are that our Christmas...
Medical Compression Stockings and Summer
Compression stockings and the challenges of summer Medical compression stockings and garments are used to control swelling (oedema) in legs or arms. Often, the conditions which lead to the use of medical compression garments also means that the person has a higher...
Mental Health & Continence
Mental Health & Continence: Seeking Support A diagnosis of a continence issue can trigger several emotions and feelings. If left unchecked, these can have a significant impact on one’s quality of life. Those people who address continence issues by navigating both...
How can I help my child stay dry at night?
How can I help my child stay dry at night? Toilet training is a big milestone in every toddler’s (and parent’s) life However, toilet training usually occurs in two phases — Day Training and Night Training — which are two completely different processes. Day training...