Health News – 15 Dec 2014

Overview

  • Tasmania has the country’s oldest and fastest ageing population, and for the state’s estimated 22,000 gays and lesbians the prospect of aged care has an added layer of concern.
  • In the new year, a team from the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre will launch a study into the lives of Australians with dementia who live alone.
  • Commercial solariums will be banned from December 31 in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
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Don Miller Shares Insights about his Book “Detour: A 40-Year Epilepsy Memoir”

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Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Don Miller
Guest Bio: Don Miller dispells common myths about the Epilepsy. He’s lived with it for the past
40 years and explains what epilepsy fitness is and how it can be applied to anyone. He shares his personal story that includes overcoming an alcohol addiction. He’s the author of “Epilepsy Memoir: My 40-Year Detour.

Segment Overview
Don Miller discusses what Epilepsy is and how it has affected him. He talks about challenges and triumphs having lived with the disease for more than forty years.

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Know More about Epilepsy Fitness

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Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Don Miller
Guest Bio: Don Miller dispells common myths about the Epilepsy. He’s lived with it for the past
40 years and explains what epilepsy fitness is and how it can be applied to anyone. He shares his personal story that includes overcoming an alcohol addiction. He’s the author of “Epilepsy Memoir: My 40-Year Detour.”

Segment Overview
Don Miller discusses what Epilepsy is and how it has affected him. He talks about challenges and triumphs having lived with the disease for more than forty years.

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How People with Epilepsy overcome Alcoholism

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Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Don Miller
Guest Bio: Don Miller dispells common myths about the Epilepsy. He’s lived with it for the past
40 years and explains what epilepsy fitness is and how it can be applied to anyone. He shares his personal story that includes overcoming an alcohol addiction. He’s the author of “Epilepsy Memoir: My 40-Year Detour.”

Segment Overview
Don Miller discusses how alcohol can affect someone suffering from Epilepsy. He talks about his own struggles to overcome an alcohol addiction as an Epileptic.

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Health Supplier Segment: Reynard Health Supplies Australia

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Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest: Jason Daisley
Guest Bio: Jason Daisley is the managing Director of Reynard Health Supplies Australia. Jason has held senior management roles for over 20 years in a wide range of businesses and industries and has advised both state and federal governments on a range business processes.
His industry experience ranges from Food Service and Accommodation Management, to Transport, property and Environmental services. As well as senior management roles, Jason has been an owner and investor in 4 of these successful business since 2000 including Reynard Health Supplies.

Segment Overview
In another of the Health Professional Radio “Health Supplier” series, the managing director of Reynard Health Supplies, Jason Daisley discusses the health procurement system from his perspective as a supplier to both the government and non-government health sectors and explains the Reynard Health Supplies range of product ranges including skin care, dry wipes, surface sanitising, hand hygiene and prep pads and swabs. Reynard Health Supplies is a leader in developing and manufacturing both dry and pre-moistened wipes to a range of industries across the country.

Awareness of market requirements and price competitiveness enables them to maintain a position as a highly professional and successful wipe producer. Reynard Health Supplies has offices in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and is expanding its network to encompass sales into the growing European market. Jason Daisley says it is personal service, along with flexibility and professional values that make Reynard Health Services a leader in the wipe market.

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Health News – 12 Dec 2014

Overview

  • The child recently died on the Mornington Peninsula after drinking unpasteurised milk marketed as a cosmetic product and labelled “bath milk”, the Victorian Health Department said.
  • A Queensland mother believes the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital has opened too soon and with a lack of transport and facilities for parents of patients.
  • Male firefighters face a higher risk of melanoma and prostate cancer than the general population, researchers have found.
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Care for Aging Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease

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Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Stephanie Erickson
Guest Bio: Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group, is a clinical social worker and Director and Founder of Erickson Resource Group based in Montreal, Quebec. She has over 20 years of experience as a geriatric social worker. She has worked with seniors living autonomously at home, placed in care facilities, at the hospital, and who are living with family.

Segment Overview
Stephanie Erickson discusses caring for aging adults and women who suffer from Alzheimer’s Disease. She addresses some of the factors that affect women specifically in older age.

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Providing Care for Aging Adults

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Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Stephanie Erickson
Guest Bio: Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group, is a clinical social worker and Director and Founder of Erickson Resource Group based in Montreal, Quebec. She has over 20 years of experience as a geriatric social worker. She has worked with seniors living autonomously at home, placed in care facilities, at the hospital, and who are living with family.

Segment Overview
Stephanie Erickson discusses how to “Age By Design”. She focuses on getting to know the person that you may be providing care for.

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Protecting Aging Adults’ Finances

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Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest: Stephanie Erickson
Guest Bio: Stephanie Erickson, Director of Erickson Resource Group, is a clinical social worker and Director and Founder of Erickson Resource Group based in Montreal, Quebec. She has over 20 years of experience as a geriatric social worker. She has worked with seniors living autonomously at home, placed in care facilities, at the hospital, and who are living with family.

Segment Overview
Stephanie Erickson discusses how to protect aging parent / adults from financial exploitation. Stephanie stresses the importance of preparing proper documents for protection and information.

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Health News – 11 Dec 2014

Overview

  • The Federal Government has begun the sales job for its “better” GP co-payment proposal as it prepares for another round of crucial negotiations with the Senate crossbench to pass the measure.
  • The Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales says Australians of African descent are being discriminated against because of the Ebola epidemic overseas.
  • Paramedics fed up with being assaulted on the job in South Australia want tougher restrictions on the sale of alcohol in Port Augusta.
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