Resources

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• Covid-19 Updates
• Research
• Publications
• Past Conference Presentations

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Covid-19 Updates

• Personal protective equipment (PPE): A guide for staff caring for COVID-19 positive people in hospital (PDF, 184 KB)
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) used by community care providers for prevention of COVID-19 (PDF, 200 KB)
• Guidance for prioritising personal protective equipment (PDF, 394 KB) – which contains a link to an updated page:

NZ Dementia Cooperative Covid-19 Webinars

• Supporting people with dementia during COVID-19: experiences and advice from around the world
• Dementia Care during the COVID 19 outbreak
• 4 experts at level 4, for older people
• Supporting carers and care staff to understand and respond to changes in behaviour in people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic

NZ Dementia Cooperative Covid-19 - Tips for Reducing Anxiety and Loneliness

• Aged Residential Care: Isolating does not have to mean isolated
• Home-based support: Information for providers of in-home care regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and supporting people living with dementia
• Primary care: COVID-19: Mitigating loneliness, anxiety in seniors
• Quarantine: Ethical guidance for people who work in long-term care: What is the right thing to do in a pandemic?
• Acute hospital: The delirium prevention toolkit

Research

The perception of self-care for caregivers working in ARC during a pandemic in NZ

Members of the College of Gerontology Nursing are sought for a survey which aims to explore perceptions of self-care for caregivers working in ARC during a pandemic in NZ. 

Participation in the study involves completing an online survey which may take up to 20 minutes.  There is also the opportunity to participate in a one-off interview.

The research forms a part of Masters Dissertation research being undertaken at the Centre of Post Graduate Nursing Studies, University of Otago, Christchurch. 

More information can be found at the following link: Perception of Self-care Research

Survey link

Publications

Knowledge and Skills framework November 2014

The Knowledge and Skills framework for registered nurses has reached final draft stage and has been signed off at the Biennial General Meeting. This is a significant piece of work towards college status for the Gerontology Section. The next stage of development is to think about how this framework applies to all nurses that sometimes work with older adults. And the additional knowledge and skills needed by advanced gerontology nurses.

• Knowledge and Skills Framework

 

Online Frailty Care Guides

These are the updated and augmented version of the previous RN Care guides and are available online on the  health Quality and Safety commission website. Described as “a suite of 26 nursing decision support tools covering the spectrum of frailty from deterioration to communication and advance treatment planning”.

• Frailty Care Guides

 

“Health Care Assistant Care Giver Guides" - Large flip chart guides to care.

 

 

Produced by Waitemata DHB in collaboration with Residential Aged Care.  The College of Gerontology Nursing is now distributing these guides. The cost is $25, which includes postage and packing. To order email the secretary at nznogerontology@gmail.com

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Past Conference Presentations

2018 Conference Presentations

• Ann Cholowski - Medical Marijuana
• Annie Bradley-Ingle - Get Dotted
• Ashleigh Wiley - Meihana Model
• Eldred Gilbert - NZNO Strategy
• Glynis Cumming - Palliative Care Presentation
• Glynis Cumming - Palliative Care Poster
• Liz Pennington - Mental Health
• Louise Leonard - Substance Misuse
• Lynn James - Ageing with SCI
• Michal Boyd - Keynote
• Michal Boyd - Resilience
• Michele McCreadie - interRAI
• Rachael Haldane - Looking after Aged Care
• Rachel Hale - Spot my Spot
• Ray Jauny - Older Migrants
• Richard Scrase - Social Isolation Loneliness
• Roxanne People-Henare - Transgender
• Ryan Johnson-Hunt - Dementia
• Sital Gautam - Spirituality Older Adults
• Stephen Jacobs - Ageing Research
• Sue Hayward - State of the Nation

2016 Conference Presentations

• Always respected, never abused - Trina Cox
• Back to our future - Lisa Williams
• Bridging the gap - Kate Gibb
• Burwood, The new hospital - Diana Gunn
• Caring for older adults - Vivien Rodgers
• Supporting Sexual Health and Intimacy in Care Facilities - Catherine Cook
• A guide to dementia, sexuality, intimacy and sexual behaviour in care homes - Catherine Cook
• Intimacy and sexuality in long term care - Catherine Cook
• Compassion fatigue - Michael Boyd
• Culture of caring - Ros Leahy
• Demystifying dementia and delirium - Karen Griffin
• Does ethnicity matter - Helen Gibson & Richard Scrase
• Improving patient experience - Mikaela Shannon & Sandra Jones
• Mentoring nurses to reduce acute hospital admissions - Diane Topschij & Gene Ruiz
• More of Less - Ginny Brailsford
• Moving forward by looking back - Michael Boyd
• Older adult sexuality - The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Abuse Prevention
• Person Centred Care and Enhances Independence and Wellness - Susan Bowness, Rebecca McCullough, Rose McConchie
• Promoting best practice during and post migration to the new OPH&R Service at Burwood Hospital - Napat Sirihongthong & Fiona Davie
• The future of falls and fracture prevention in Pimary Care - Eileen Richardson
• This is me - Alan Beasley
• Transforming safe care for residents in Rotorua - Kim Brooks
• Translating innovation into direct care - Marla Burrow
• Wheelchair as independent mobility aid in aged residential care - Michelle Bugayong & Gene Ruiz 

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