Aged care peak bodies ACSA and LASA have confirmed that they will merge and hope to provide a unified voice…
Peak body Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) has announced the winners of its 2021 ACSA Aged Care Awards. The…
A Victorian Department of Health official has described how she broke down in tears in the midst of a horrifying…
An Australian nurse described as “a real angel” has died from COVID-19. Gillian “Jill” Dempsey died at Box Hill Hospital’s intensive…
A mother and son who went out to sea in a bid to banish “bad magic” from their lives were…
We don’t get up in the morning to age well, we get up to do something. Something we like doing,…
The surge nursing workforce brought into St. Basil’s struggled to identify residents and quit due to fear of losing their…
Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check,…
When Angie Wraight’s husband of 38 years died in her arms during the pandemic last year, she felt lost. A…
Infection breaches and poor communication prevailed after St Basil’s aged care staff were furloughed following a positive Covid case during Melbourne’s second wave.…
A long black or three a day could be a helpful way to stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a…
The government has finally announced the makeup of the new National Aged Care Advisory Council, with 17 "prominent Australians" tasked…
A new study has found evidence that an Iron deficiency in the brain could be an important factor in developing…
A Melbourne woman believes her mother’s death from the coronavirus outbreak at St. Basil’s aged care facility was a form of “manslaughter”, a…
Seventy per cent of Australians under 50 have heart health older than their metabolic age, according to the Heart Foundation.…
Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check,…
Two anti-vaxxers in Western Australia have been arrested and charged after allegedly attempting to bribe health workers in separate extraordinary…
Certain considerations must always be contemplated and envisaged before implementing changes to an environment where an elderly person resides, to…
A WA nurse has been arrested on suspicion of 'administering' fake COVID-19 vaccinations. The 51-year-old female RN has been charged…
Australia’s booster shot program officially commences across the country today, with fully vaccinated adults aged over 18 who had their second shot…
Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have…
Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check,…
The pandemic has impacted many of us around the world, especially the frontline healthcare workers, myself included, as a pain…
There are fears Victoria’s elderly may be put at risk as the state opens up, with the government refusing to…
Researchers at the Australian National University have found that high blood pressure — albeit within the safe recommended range —…