Ambulance Victoria is warning Victorians to brace for a potentially deadly thunderstorm asthma season. It says conditions are similar to 2016 when 10 people and thousands landed in hospital. youtu.be/4JB3Co-fg1Y Sara Jones #7NEWS

Thank you so much to Paramedicine Monash University for the generous sponsorship of conference and workshop attendance at #ACPIC23 golden opportunity very much cherished 💙

Dementia Action Week is here! With almost a third of Australians finding people living with dementia frightening, we are encouraging everyone to take a few simple actions to create a dementia-friendly future. Follow along to find out how or visit dementia.org.au/dementia-actio…

On #WorldAlzheimersDay, I am privileged to be playing my mini part in #research #advocacy to improve multidisciplinary #dementia care. I recognise and am humbled by the contributions of trailblazers like Glenys Petrie whom I had the pleasure of meeting and continue to learn from 💙

Paramedicine's identity is evolving. As paramedicine strives for professional recognition, part of this process must involve defining and understanding the boundaries of the profession which will in turn inform its identity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…

Our researchers are rethinking #dementia diagnosis. 🧠💡 Experts from CHeBA and the The MARCS Institute at Western Sydney University highlight the significance of assessing emotional responses in their paper published in Frontiers. 🔗bit.ly/3FEnS6B Suraj Samtani A/Prof Joyce Siette

How do you manage conversations when someone living with #dementia is having false perceptions? Nick from the National Dementia Helpline explains how you could approach this this situation. For personalised advice call the National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500.

BGS is proud to support this new campaign from Ageing Better: Age Without Limits which aims to educate and tackle #ageism in all its forms including in healthcare. Get involved and join the movement. Visit the link to find out more: agewithoutlimits.org #AgeWithoutLimits

“Maximising the quality of health in older adults should be seen as a major national priority – we can make significant progress with relatively straightforward interventions. Older people can and should be better served" Download Professor Chris Whitty's report assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65562ff2…

Inside SCDF’s emergency ambulance services: When minutes can mean life or death cna.asia/4a5hPFf

I just wanna say how inspired I am by this framework 🥹

Incredibly grateful to Dr Meg Polacsek for this opportunity to write for the AAG AAG500 Blog about #paramedics and #dementia care >> aag.asn.au/Web/Stay-Infor…

📚 New publication on #paramedics and #dementiacare in Age_and_Ageing // Big hugs and thanks to my A Team: Cam Cameron Gosling, David David Anderson, Linda Linda Ross and Liam // feeling humbled and motivated 🤓 academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

We want to build a strong, positive organisational culture, based on values. Leaders often set out abstract absolute positives as organisational values (integrity, respect, trust etc) but these don't drive the day-to-day decision-making (& therefore the behaviour) of the people

1st year PhD student showing up at the 8 am panel with 25 expertly crafted slides, 57 backup slides, and print-outs prepared four weeks in advance vs Tenured professor giving the keynote with two slides of mood pictures clicked together in the hotel lobby 15 minutes earlier

Incredibly humbled, and feeling motivated to continue making small ripples of change in baby steps // this award goes to my supervisors and to all the experts who contributed their invaluable insights as part of the Delphi panel, eternally grateful 🙏

Hot off the press. Our scoping review highlights key information priorities to help people with dementia & carers engage in discussions and make informed decisions about medications for safer use - perfect timing for #DementiaActionWeek academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Risk ratios, odds ratios and the risk difference #Education by @racherichardson Dr Kerry Dwan @afkanellopoulou Cochrane @cochranemthds Link: bit.ly/3XL7H03

I've been working with @Goranhenriks & hundreds of leaders of change to identify the enabling factors for systemic, profound change (at a deeper level than incremental improvement). One of the nine interrelated themes that has emerged is "leading people through transitions in

🚨🚨 We are so pleased to release the Ambulance Victoria Research Annual Report 2023-24, highlighting the incredible achievements of community, Ambulance Victoria and our health system in improving outcomes from #OHCA. We have achieved our highest ever Utstein survival outcomes 1/2