Digital healthcare shift with smart glasses for nurses
Home care provider Silverchain is driving a digital healthcare shift as Australia’s first home care provider to introduce smart glasses at scale. Silverchain demonstrated how its use of smart glasses empowers nurses to detect early signs of health decline to federal policymakers at the Parliamentary Friends of Nursing event held at Parliament House this week. […]
One year on: landmark reforms helping build stronger retirement futures for women
One year after superannuation was added to Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay—and as the super guarantee reached 12%—new modelling shows the reforms are already helping strengthen women’s retirement outcomes. HESTA modelling based on 18 weeks of paid parental leave shows the addition of super could add around $6,500 to a woman’s retirement balance. For women who […]
LOCKED OUT: The housing crisis facing nurses and midwives
Nurses, midwives and carers are being priced out of the communities they work in, with rising rents, unaffordable homes and cost-of-living pressures taking a growing toll on the workforce. Robert Fedele reports. After finishing a shift at Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital, enrolled nurse Talei Williams faces a dreaded commute stretching well over an hour. […]