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A study by Monash University says that work policies must be designed to target specific barriers that night shift workers face when it comes to unhealthy weight gain and metabolic health conditions. Published in Obesity Reviews, researchers investigated what gets ...

Bruce Fieler in his New York Times bestseller, Life is in the Transitions, tells us that by the time we turn 65, we will have experienced 30 to 40 life disruptors.  Mostly, we’ll take these in our stride. But three ...

Bill Shorten said it was “always inevitable” there would be a “Mark II” moment in the NDIS. Speaking at the National Press Club after a landmark review into Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme was released on Thursday – a decade ...

Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells has commended the Albanese Government's "ambitious" aged care reforms despite facilities struggling to reach mandates. The latest Aged Care Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS) reported an increase of four minutes compared to last quarter, with ...

Following the federal government's new 24/7 nursing requirement, aged care providers must adopt a multi-faceted approach to staffing and training. The new laws – which have lead to the closure of at least 16 facilities across Australia – have created ...

The NSW Senior Constable responsible for the alleged taser death of a 95-year-old aged care resident has been deemed a flight risk and ordered to hand over his passport. Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White had his charges upgraded to ...

Nearly a million Australians are eligible to claim millions of dollars in unclaimed Medicare benefits before Christmas. The federal government has announced that $234m in unclaimed funds will be paid back to people without valid details updated on myGov. There ...

Killarney Memorial Aged Care has been given $1.4m to trial a holistic team-based healthcare approach for the rural and remote communities of the Southern Downs region in Queensland. The funding is expected to expand the medical centre to give Killarney ...

Doctors who give patients information about euthanasia over the phone could face criminal charges, the Federal Court ruled. Federal Court Justice Wendy Abraham on Thursday ruled the term "suicide" as used in the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act 1995 applies to ...

The Federal Government announced that over $2 billion is being invested to "boost" aged care wages. December 1 marked not only the first day of summer but also a 4.4 per cent increase in the Australian National Aged Care Classification ...