Residential Aged Care Homes: Keep up to Date with Vaccinations this Festive Season
Vaccines are the best protection of serious illness and hospitalisation in older people (1). From 1 November 2025, the new Aged Care Act 2024 strengthened the requirement for residential aged care providers to provide access to recommended vaccinations for their residents. This includes vaccines such as influenza, COVID-19, shingles and pneumococcal. As the festive season […]
Connecting Community and Carers to Dementia Support
We fund Dementia Australia’s Dementia Care Navigator program to help people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds navigate the health system and access the right support services whilst seeking a dementia diagnosis or following a diagnosis. Western Sydney is home to over a million people, 53% of whom were born overseas, and 58% of whom […]
New Palliative Care Handbooks for End-of-Life Planning
As part of our End of Life and Palliative Care Program, we have developed two Western Sydney Palliative Care handbooks which aim to improve patients’ access to palliative care and enhance their quality of life and that of their loved ones. In recognition of Dying to Know Day, held recently on 8 August, we encourage […]
Maintaining the Best Quality of Life for Palliative Care Patients
Palliative care is considered a human right, however, only approximately 14% of people worldwide who need palliative care receive it[1]. Palliative care is not just about dying but is an approach that improves the quality of life of people with a life-threatening illness and their families. This includes the prevention and relief from the […]
Management and Testing During COVID-19 Outbreaks in RACF
COVID-19 outbreaks in residential aged care facilities (RACF) in Sydney and Victoria have demonstrated the critical role general practice plays in mitigating the impact of a COVID-19 outbreak for residents who are vulnerable members of our community. For this reason, our Practice Development team partnered with the Western Sydney Local Health District and Public Health […]