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More than a quarter of people on the Gold Coast are over 65, and 20 percent of them are frail. But there are 2 good news stories: Even though we’re all getting older, we don’t have to get frail. If you are showing some signs of frailty, you can stop the signs or even reverse […]
Dying to Know Day is on 8 August and is a timely reminder of the integral role General Practitioners play in promoting and facilitating advance care planning. GPs with their understanding of patients’ health and needs, are uniquely positioned to support individuals through the planning process, ad...
Ageing well in our General Practice waiting rooms – what can we offer? The Intergenerational Report released in 2020 highlighted something many GPs, nurses, managers, and receptionists are very familiar with. People are living longer and there are rapidly increasing numbers ...
Did you know that men are 50% less likely to seek medical attention compared to women but those that do experience improved health outcomes. Let’s change this by prioritising our health this Men’s Health Week. The Queensland Government funded program, My health for life, is raising awareness of ...
Each year around 400 Gold Coast residents are diagnosed with bowel cancer, one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the second highest cause of cancer-related deaths in Australia. To reduce the number of people being impacted by this disease, the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program sends o...
Bringing light back into a child’s life after abuse or neglect GCPHN’s Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) Child LightSaver Series is an educational set of articles aimed at assisting general practice to navigate the OOHC Health Assessment Pathway, which is focused on providing children and young people the...
In consultation with our council of clinicians, GCPHN has developed helpful posters for general practitioners to empower their patients with the skills and tools needed to improve their health literacy. In Australia, 60% of people have low health literacy. This contributes to worse health outcomes i...
Queensland Health have issued a warning to Queenslanders against taking illegally sourced drugs following the seizure of counterfeit medications containing life-threatening substances. Tablets found during various investigations this year have tested positive to protonitazene, a very strong opioid t...
Advance Care Planning Australia have a free phone National Advance Care Planning Support Service for residents in aged care, which includes: Understanding advance care planning Thinking about values and preferences Having the conversation with loved ones Choosing or acting as a substitute decision-m...
This two-part study is being conducted as part of the requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Psychology for Chloe Hurrell. The purpose is to assess the effectiveness of virtual reality and mindfulness in facilitating pro-environmental behaviour change. The study is open to anyone and inv...
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