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Assaults reported at NSW aged cares have surged to the highest level in a decade, with the figure more than triple the number recorded a decade earlier. Data by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) obtained by the ...

New data reveals the number of people living with dementia is expected to nearly double by 2054. Research by Dementia Australia revealed that dementia rates will increase by 93 per cent by 2054. Chief of Dementia Australia Maree McCabe said ...

The Queensland government has invested in additional funding for activities to improve social connections amongst older Queenslanders. The extra $12.5m builds on the existing $20.5m allocated over the next five years to 42 existing Seniors Social Isolation Services that address ...

The Albanese government has said it will not consider changing the mean-test threshold on family homes for the aged care asset test. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that as part of the federal task force's reviews, the family home threshold ...

This week, independent Queensland MP Bob Katter was fuming after the Parliament House staff dining room refused to accept his $50 note when he tried to order lunch. His awkward encounter renewed debate about Australia’s move towards a cashless society. ...

New research has found that immigrants originally from non-English speaking countries who are living with dementia were more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared to their non-immigrant counterparts, who were more likely to present with hallucinations and delusions. ...

An aged care worker who was violently mauled by a dog at a Sydney home has undergone surgery to treat her significant injuries. Lynda Watson, 51, has spent the past week in intensive care unit after she was left with potentially life-altering injuries when a ...

A Queensland law firm is offering aged care worker's the opportunity to have their Wills drafted free of charge. Throughout March, Attwood Marshall Lawyers is giving workers across the Gold Coast and Tweed area, where the practice is based, appointments ...

A senior constable charged with fatally tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland in a rural nursing home will fight the allegations in a trial.  Kristian White, 33, was called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma, NSW, on May 17 last year ...

The case against an aged care home at the centre of a devastating killer Covid wave in 2020 in Victoria has returned to court. Lawyers acting for the home charged after residents died in a Covid cluster have asked for a key hearing ...