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Connecting with Nature in Aged Care
Bringing nature into aged care is more than just a nice idea — it’s a key to better health and happiness for seniors. Nature has a way of maki...
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Connecting with Nature in Early Childhood Education
Nature is one of the best places for kids to spark curiosity and connection, but it doesn’t have to mean taking them out into the wilderness. Any na...
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Neurodiverse Friendly Environment in Child Care
Neurodiversity is an umbrella term that refers to a variety of differences in the way our brains process information and our behavioural traits. When ...
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Neurodiverse Friendly Environment in Aged Care
Neurodiversity is an umbrella term that covers a range of differences in the way people’s brains function, their behavioural traits, and how they pr...
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Celebrate Harmony Day in Child Care
Fostering a culture of inclusivity and unity is paramount in early childhood education, and Harmony Day presents an exceptional opportunity to do just...
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Respecting Cultural Diversity in Aged Care
Aged care is a culturally diverse sector that brings people together from many different backgrounds. This level of diversity is one of the things tha...
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Protecting the rights of older individuals
Human rights protect everyone in society. Human rights are particularly important in the most vulnerable, such as the elderly. Protecting the rights ...
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Palliative care — The art of caring
Palliative care is the art of offering nurture to people suffering from terminal conditions. It requires sensitivity and compassion and is usually off...
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Tips for effective conflict resolution
Conflict is impossible to avoid and is not always a bad thing. From the innocuous water cooler arguments around whose football team is the best or whe...
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Asthma management in your childcare facility
More than one in nine Australian children are affected by asthma1. This figure highlights the importance of asthma management in child care as most ch...
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Hay fever in child care: the facts
Around one in seven Australians suffer from hay fever, or allergic rhinitis1. Children suffer from it too, and this means you’ll probably come a...
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Healthy eating habits for children
We are what we eat. Healthy eating habits for children and the right nutrition ensures our body performs at its peak. For young children, nutrition al...
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Stress management
Managing stress is a balancing act. Looking forward to the start of a race or football match is good stress and is called excitement. Survival stress ...
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Understanding emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognise our own emotions and the feelings of others. Understanding what causes our emotions and how we reac...
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Encouraging parent volunteers
In early childhood education, parents are part of the package. Every day, they are involved in your facility and are the main reason our industry exis...
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Recycling in your facility
Australians are willing recyclers with 91% of us agreeing it is the right thing to do, according to Planet Ark, a not-for-profit environmental foundat...
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Embrace the festive season
In the festive season in Australia, December brings an abundance of celebration occasions, presenting lots of opportunities to catch up with friends a...
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Sexuality and ageing
Intimacy is a common human desire, however, ageing can present challenges for those wanting to maintain their sexuality. Physical, mental and social c...
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Approaches to mentoring
Mentoring can provide the guidance, support and encouragement needed to succeed and overcome challenges. A mentor can be a friend, a boss or an indust...
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Toys for a sustainable planet
Sustainable, eco friendly toys are becoming increasingly popular. It is not only the environmental benefits but also the ethical message of these toys...
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Busting myths with Food Safety Week
This year’s Australian Food Safety Week will be busting food safety myths with the theme for ‘Did you know?’ Held from 8 to 15 November, the wee...
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The confidence to act through first aid training
Basic first aid skills can help save lives, and you can be quick to act with first aid training. Providing first aid until professional medical help a...
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Understanding social media for child care
Social media for child care is a fast and effective way to communicate to your families, local community and even potential staff. It’s your chance ...
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Fighting infection with hygiene
Infections are a part of everyday life in any workplace. For those of us in aged care, infection prevention and control are a vital part of the role. ...
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Reasons to celebrate
One of the best things about living in a multicultural country like Australia is the many different cultural and religious events and activities. Here...
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Encouraging safe work practices for Safety Month
October is National Safe Work Month, or Safety Month, an opportunity to raise awareness of workplace health and safety. Safe Work Australia estimate t...
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Asthma in older people
Australia has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world1. Recently, the Australian Government Department of Health announced funding for a natio...
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Understanding the Rights of the Child
Today is Universal Children’s Day, celebrated in Australia on October 28 as part of Children’s Week, Selmar looks at the Rights of the Child. The ...
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Celebrating Children’s Week in Early Childhood Education
Children’s Week on October 24th to November 1st celebrates the rights of children to enjoy childhood and feel safe and valued. Held from October...
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How the National Register be useful to me?
The National Quality Standards set seven Quality Areas, which guide early childhood education and care providers. Assessments against the NQS occurs f...
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5 top tips for customer service
There is a well-known adage in sales that it costs you five times as much to win a new customer than to keep an existing one. How you treat your custo...
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Leading by innovation
Innovation means being creative, thinking outside the box, to discover new ways of doing things. Creativity and innovation in the workplace can be vit...
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Putting Spring in your step with Walktober
Walking during October in Australia can be beautiful. With the colourful sights and scents of spring flowers, it’s a great time to be outside enjoyi...
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Let’s Talk About Sex
Last month in Melbourne, the inaugural Let’s Talk About Sex, Relationships and Intimacy as We Age conference encouraged the aged care industry to ta...
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia in Aged Care
More than half of all people in permanent residential aged care have dementia, according to a report released last month by the Australian Institute o...
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Different learning styles
Every individual learns differently and it can be really useful to understand different learning styles. Visual, auditory and kinesthetic (VAK) learni...
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