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Staff at Bupa Aged Care had been warned of "a few recent incidents" of maggots in wounds and "unintended weight loss" in residents earlier this year. Documents obtained by The Sunday Telegraph reveal two internal "clinical safety alerts" sent from ...

Developed by Central Queensland University (CQU) and funded by the Queensland government, the Early Recognition and Response to Deterioration in the Older Adult (EDDIE) program is free, and teaches aged care workers additional skills and knowledge to assist them in ...

Former NAB chief Andrew Thorburn has been named the new chief of aged care provider HammondCare. Replacing former NSW Premier and current chief Mike Baird, Mr Thorburn will start his role in mid-June. HammondCare chair Kok Kong Chan said Mr ...

Carol Lefevre, University of Adelaide If older women move through the world with a sense of being unseen, in the world of books, and especially in contemporary fiction, they have all but been erased. So pervasive is their absence, it ...

An increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers has "finally" been secured. The Fair Work Commission ordered pay increases of 23 per cent for assistants in nursing (AINs) and personal care workers (PCWs) with a Certificate III ...

Katie Attwell, The University of Western Australia and Jessica Kaufman, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first ...

A new study has suggested a tiny particle found in air pollution can induce signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Led by UTS, the study found early-onset Alzheimer's can be influenced by air pollution such as diesel emissions and, more ...

An aged care worker from Canberra stole around $80,000 from "innocent, trusting" residents and the provider she worked for. Ms Lory Jane Librando worked at the Royal Freemasons Benevolent Institution in Holt and stole from three residents, including a woman ...

A new study has found older patients who experience delirium are three times more likely to develop dementia. Researchers from the University of Queensland also found that every episode of delirium increased the chance of developing dementia by 20 per ...

Leaked documents suggest aged care reforms that were to start in July have been delayed for a year. The aged care sector faces further delays in implementing crucial changes recommended by the Royal Commission after internal communications leaked from the ...