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Nutrition plays a vital role in managing dementia but can often be overlooked for other aspects of care. The Memory Diet Clinic at The Prince Charles Hospital provides targeted nutritional care for those living at home with dementia and dedicated support for carers and loved ones. ❤️‍🩹🥪

The service was collaboratively designed with geriatricians, dietitians, nurses, and individuals with lived experience of dementia spearheaded by project co-leads and dieticians Bri and Hannah.

“We identified significant barriers to people with dementia accessing appropriate nutritional care, largely due to a lack of services tailored to their specific needs,” Hannah said.

“Our clinic is led by dietitians with extensive experience in geriatric care. We recognise that the patient experience is really important, and that meaningful support for loved ones and carers is essential."

“We aim to reduce stress around nutrition and ultimately support patients while empowering those who care for them,” Bri added.

This service is currently available to those under the care of a TPCH geriatrician and have a dementia diagnosis. ...

There is never a dull moment in the Infection Monitoring and Prevention Service according to Clinical Nurse Consultant Alison. 😷🔬

This team are working behind the scenes developing policies and procedures as well as conducting audits and environmental reviews to ensure all patients, staff, visitors are safe from infection when they are entering one of our buildings.

"I came to the RBWH Infection Monitoring and Prevention Service Team nearly two years ago, and it is a dynamic hard-working team," Alison said.

"The service encompasses a large variety of both clinical services within RBWH but also services across Metro North including Sexual Health and HIV Service, Brisbane City Watch House, Metro North Kidney Health Services and Cancer Care Services."

So, if you`re looking to combine both hospital and community healthcare skills, this job may be for you! Click the link in our bio to apply today. 🏥👩‍⚕️ ...

If there is a lock to be fixed or a wall to be patched at Caboolture Hospital, first-year Apprentice Carpenter Jasmine is on the job. 🔨👷

To support the safe and smooth operation of facilities used by staff and patients every day, Jasmine helps to maintain essential infrastructure across the hospital.

“I assist with maintaining different parts of the hospital and that can be anything from moving and installing furniture to fixing doors, locks or windows, patching walls or completing small upgrades to offices and rooms,” Jasmine said.

Jasmine says resilience and self-belief have helped her push forward in her new career, as well as the support from the Building, Engineering and Maintenance Services (BEMS) team.

“They have a wealth of knowledge and it’s awesome to work alongside such strong and resilient women who encourage me to keep pushing myself and getting better every day," she said, of her role models in the BEMS team.

“It’s an awesome feeling to look back at the end of the day and see what you’ve completed. It’s even better knowing that the projects I help finish improve this facility and make people’s lives a little easier, no matter how small.” ...