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Loss of appetite and of enjoyment from food is a continuous struggle for people in aged care, as well as those who have faced serious illness such as cancer and neurological disorders. Altered eating – the term applied to the ...

I am the classic lapsed Catholic. Weekly trips to mass and Catholic schooling as a kid have given way to indifference, and now the only time I set foot in a church is for weddings and funerals. But perhaps if ...

“Ratios, ratios, ratios. Everybody will tell you that.” This was the response of aged care resident Merle Mitchell earlier this year at the royal commission when asked to nominate one thing she would change in the sector given the chance. ...

One in two aged care residents will have at least one fall each year. This figure goes up for those with dementia, as high as 90 per cent, and takes a massive economic toll on aged care homes, hospitals and ...

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has come under fire for comments regarding Australian seniors and the pension. In a speech to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia, Frydenberg suggested that seniors will have to retrain and work past the ...

Arms raised aloft, bent at the elbow, the women in the front row twist their hands quickly in near unison, as if screwing in a lightbulb, while the rest of the crowd clap the speaker. One of the women gets ...

Wearable glucose monitors could help people with memory problems, such as those with dementia, better manage their diabetes new research shows. Having dementia doubles your risk of developing diabetes and while for people who do not have diabetes the risk ...

A new Australian study has found that, contrary to popular belief, cholesterol lowering drugs statins do not cause memory loss and may in fact slow cognitive decline. More than 1,000 elderly individuals were assessed over a period of six years ...