Nursing Care & Chronic Disease

Australia has just come out of one of its worst flu seasons. Vaccines save lives at every age. For older adults, they play an even more important role. Although there are those with valid reasons they wish not to get vaccinated, below is a list of many benefits to vaccination. 

In what was year three of the ‘Heads Up on Diabetes’ campaign for National Diabetes Week earlier this month, Diabetes Australia once again called on Australians to rethink what they know about and how they perceive diabetes.

World MS Day occurs each year on the 30th of May, and we would like to take a moment to acknowledge the hardships individuals and their friends and families face when a chronic disease is diagnosed.

The 17th of May marks World Hypertension Day. Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, can be mitigated by following your health practitioner's advice, and, where needed, with the assistance of in-home care.

While COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on the global population, respiratory infections aren’t new news.

While COVID-19 has rightly taken a front seat in the global fight against infectious diseases, there are many devastating diseases continuing to plague our communities and causing significant loss of life. One of those diseases is Tuberculosis (TB).

November is World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. 

The 14th of November is World Diabetes Day (WDD) and we at Right at Home Australia would like to take some time this Sunday morning to reflect on this incessant disease.

Movember, a.k.a November, a.k.a Men’s Health Month is here. Started in Australia, by Australians, back in 2003, Movember is now a global movement promoting good mental health, suicide prevention, and raising awareness for prostate and testicular cancer.

Along with Movember, November is also Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Lung Cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Australia with approximately 12,000 Aussies diagnosed each year.