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Celebrating our carers 17 October 2024 National Carers Week (13 to 19 October) is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the important role of carers in our community. Carer Ann Jones has spent the past 30 years caring for a family member with Huntingdon’s Disease. She said that while each carer and their loved one is different, many of the challenges they face are the same. “Looking back on my 30-year journey as a carer for a family with Huntington’s Disease, I realise just how important it was for me to take the first step in seeking help,” she said. “I joined the local Huntington’s Association where I met other carers facing the same problems. “WA Carers were also able to help me navigate the challenges of caring which require a good deal of determination, flexibility and resilience.” Ann described the role of caring as being just like a game of snakes and ladders. “... -
SCGH Emergency Department redevelopment 30 September 2024 New images of the redevelopment of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's (SCGH) Emergency Department (ED) were released on Sunday 29 September, with the construction tender now open. The $49.5 million redevelopment of SCGH ED will support the increasing demand of people requiring emergency care in the northern suburbs. The project is designed to meet changing community needs and accommodate increases in emergency presentations. It includes a new entrance canopy to protect people from the weather entering the main entrance to the hospital from the Piazza. North Metropolitan Health Service's Acting Chief Executive Rob Pulsford said this re-development will provide purpose-built areas for patients to be assessed, treated and observed as they receive high quality emergency care. “These developments will help streamline the emergency care we offer to patients and adapt to changing community n... -
Improving outcomes for older adults in Emergency Department 13 September 2024 Senior Occupational Therapist and PhD student Melinda Williamson is conducting a research project focused on improving the health outcomes for frail older adults at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH). The project, conducted by Melinda after she was awarded a clinician research training scholarships last year, looks at the before and after effects of introducing early Emergency Department (ED) Allied Health Services for frail older adults. Melinda said those living with frailty were at greater risk of adverse events when attending the ED, including deconditioning, falls, delirium, pressure injuries and mortality. “I am attempting the improve the care older adults receive when they present to hospital and help people get the care they need closer to home, where they want to be,” she said. Frailty prevalence in Australian older adults aged above 65 years old is estimated to be... -
PhD journey leads to creation of new Mini Neurosurgical Assessment 10 September 2024 Congratulations to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) neurosurgery nurse, Loreta Murphy, who developed a Mini Neurosurgical Assessment (MNA) Tool during her research PhD. Loreta, SCGH's Acting Extended Hours Clinical Nurse Specialist for Neurosurgery, first started her career at the hospital 27 years ago as a neurosurgery nurse after previously working as a nurse in Victoria. It was in Victoria in the early 90s that Loreta first commenced post graduate studies, completing a Graduate Diploma in Neurosciences. During those studies, she considered the need for a targeted neurological assessment tool for neurosurgical patients, however her mini thesis did not progress as she started a family. "After starting as a nurse in neurosurgery in the 90s, I noticed that no one had created one overall neurological assessment tool for neurosurgery nurses to use," she said. Loreta said it is incumbent... -
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Potential cure for peripheral artery disease 27 August 2024 Ground-breaking results from researchers at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) aims to enhance the outcomes for patients with Peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD is a common condition affecting more than 230 million people worldwide. It involves narrowed arteries reducing blood flow most commonly to the legs and other vital organs. PAD is caused by a build-up of fatty, cholesterol-containing deposits or plaques on artery walls. Currently, around two thirds of people with end stage advanced PAD will require an amputation and approximately a fifth will have a cardiac event, such as a heart attack, in their lifetime. Vascular surgeon and Head of Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at SCGH Professor Shirley Jansen and Associate Professor Juliana Hamzah have found success in a new drug that will change the trajectory of people suffering with advanced PAD. After an accumulation ...
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12/04/2021