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Maggots were found in the mouth of a respite patient at an aged care facility in Broome and the incident was reported anonymously to the aged care complaints commissioner. The Royal Commission’s Broome hearing was told that during the course of ...

Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia, and to better understand the disease research is vital. Finding willing people for trials and research can be difficult for academics and studies show that three in five dementia clinical ...

Salutogenic design is a buzz phrase in the aged care space, but do we really know what it is? More commonly known as dementia-friendly design, it is a catch-all term easily described as design that makes life better for those with dementia. The ...

An outreach service running out of Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney is saving the NSW government $2 million a year and reducing pressure on their emergency department. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there are approximately 270,559 people ...

Aged care advocate Heather Mansell-Brown is in a Brisbane court this week, accused of defamation. Mansell-Brown is being sued by Maxine Noone, a clinical care manager at the Yallambe Centenary Retirement Village in Queensland. The case relates to a number ...

An academic survey carried out by researchers from La Trobe University has found that most aged care staff don’t have the access or time to read research evidence that could improve the care they give to residents. Surveying Victorian residential ...

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” – Lord Byron Words are something we use every day without much thought. But language and the ...

More should be done to ensure that people with dementia who are appropriate candidates are offered the opportunity to trial antidementia medication. This is the opinion of a new study looking into antidementia medication usage in Australia. The study found ...