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The Albanese Government has fulfilled its promise of implementing the 24/7 nursing mandate across aged care facilities. From July 1, aged care homes were required to have a registered nurse on-site for 24 hours, seven days a week. A month ...

The University of NSW (UNSW) has launched a new app to help people with Parkinson's Disease learn to walk better and for longer. Walking Tall was released last week by a team of UNSW biomedical engineers – led by Dr ...

The government has accused the coalition of standing in the way of millions of Australians accessing cheaper medicines, as they seek to delay the rollout of 60-day dispensing. On Wednesday, coalition senators Anne Ruston and Bridget McKenzie said if Labor ...

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) critiqued yesterday’s article in The Australian, saying it misrepresented the College’s position on skilled migration for aged care nurses. Chief of ACN Kylie Ward said ACN was committed to work with the Government to ...

Pia Johnson/Melbourne Theatre Company Sarah Austin, The University of Melbourne Bloom, the new Australian musical produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company, is proudly billed by the company as born and bred right here in Melbourne/Naarm. Written by Tom Gleisner (of ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has condemned the community pharmacy peak body over its latest attack on impending changes to drug dispensing rules, in a move he labelled a "cynical scare campaign" designed to "scare vulnerable aged care residents". It follows a ...

New research by the University of Southern Queensland found that spice may be the secret to dementia prevention. Researchers are investigating how capsaicin, a molecule found in chillies, can affect brain health. Tammy Thornton, an Honours student involved in the ...

Greg Buckley's remarkable journey of becoming a clinical dementia specialist was celebrated at Uniting Eabrai in the ACT as part of Aged Care Employee Day. Thirty-five years ago, Greg's life was turned upside down when a traumatic brain and spinal ...

Australia's aged care funding crisis could force people to use their superannuation savings to pay for their care, a new blueprint from the sector’s peak advocacy group has cautioned. Released at the Aged and Community Care Providers Association’s (ACCPA) national summit last week, the new paper also ...

An aged care chief recounted her sleepover at a residence as an "invaluable experience". Ingrid Harvey, chief of BlueCross, stayed overnight at BlueCross Box Hill with ACCPA chief Tom Symondson. Ingrid said the idea of staying overnight was raised during ...