Six Ways Your Consumables Procurement is Costing You Money
When you hear the phrase, “consumables procurement is costing you”, do unit costs, scale of economies and SKU consolidation come to mind? Or are you one of the few procurement and management professionals who appreciate the significance of time cost in your procurement departments? It’s a cliché for a good reason – time is money. […]
A New Era of Care: Automation in Aged Care
Technology integrating with our everyday lives and routines is no new concept. As it becomes more responsive, technology applies to and benefits many different industries. Now is the time for aged care to look at the possibilities in tech, because it’s about to be challenged. What does automation in aged care actually mean? With a […]
How To Create A Positive Culture Around Handwashing In Your Facility
Now more than ever, we know the importance of creating a positive and successful culture surrounding handwashing and hygiene in the fight against infection. We have seen first hand how easily infection can spread, and how effective hand washing is in stopping that spread. As restrictions, ease and the initial fear of the unknown relaxes […]
The Importance of Storytelling in Aged Care
Humans are born, bred, & hard wired to tell stories. Our cultures & civilisations were built on it. Not only does it allow us to share important information but to also form genuine connections through emotion and connect with our wider communities. If someone tells you a statistic, you may take it within its context, […]
What Best Practice Procurement Looks Like In Aged Care Facilities
What is Best Practice Procurement? A good aged care facility runs like a well-oiled machine. Departments and staff members all do their bit. When each part of a facility is properly taken care of not only does your service go above and beyond compliance but your staff members have more time to deliver direct care. […]
Breaking Down the Visitor Barrier during Isolation
Aged Care is a tough industry at the best of times. With a pandemic upon us that targets the elderly, weak and vulnerable, it may seem almost impossible to run a facility. Impossible to protect and care for aged dependents. Impossible to cope with consumables shortages, a failing economy and visitor restrictions. Draw on Your Community But […]
Life without Hand Sanitiser
In recent weeks, as we wrung our hands as the last bottles of surface sanitiser vanished from supermarket shelves and warehouse stock piles, Boris Johnson has inspired the UK to wash their hands in the time it takes to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ twice. Before that, once was enough. So why is everyone going wild about […]
Supporting Aussies doing it tough
Veridia is compassionately supporting the bushfire and drought crisis through a $50,000 donation to Rapid Relief Team – a nation-wide operation, operated by volunteers from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, delivering on the ground support to communities in need. We know that this money will be well spent, flowing directly through to current initiatives including: […]
Four things that Aged Care Facility Auditors always spot
As an aged care provider, you may be outsourcing a number of key service areas that aged care auditors cover when they visit your site. They may include food preparation, laundry services, and, last but not least, your chemical provider. It’s easy to let such outsourced service areas slip, particularly if you are not directly […]
Preparing your facility against Coronavirus
The Corona Virus Threat is still at large, and, as scientists across the world scramble to develop vaccines, its time to batten down the hatches and step up the hygiene to reduce the chances of infection in shared residential environments. Unfortunately as in all epidemics, our elderly and young are the most vulnerable, particularly when […]