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It is no secret that the aged care sector is approaching what could be coined as a staffing crisis. The number of direct care workers needed is predicted to increase by 70 per cent in the next 30 years. But ...

Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...

Although the exact number of people living with dementia in Australia is currently not known, it is estimated there could be as many as 472,000 Australians living with the condition. Without a medical breakthrough, this number is expected to increase ...

An infectious diseases expert is warning it could take almost four years to fully vaccinate 75 per cent of the population if Australia’s rollout does not speed up. Dr Sanjaya Senanayake is calling on health officials to improve vaccination rates, ...

In a fortnight, the government will reveal its Budget response to the royal commission’s final report, and worker and consumer representatives are this week ramping up their calls for government to act now. It’s not too much The Australian Nursing ...

A new study has found that people who get too little sleep in their 50s and 60s could be more likely to develop dementia when they're older, reports the New York Times. The study followed the sleep of nearly 8,000 ...

Stephen Milstead has a bit of a green thumb. Actually, he has one of those thumbs that likes to grow, harvest, preserve and generally make things from scratch and eat them. Milstead loves the feeling of satisfaction that comes with ...

New research has found that a profound inability to feel pleasure, known as anhedonia, is a key feature of early onset dementia and the study could provide an area for future treatments of the condition. Anhedonia is technically defined as ...

A group of aged care peak bodies has called on the Government to adopt their new 15-point plan to improve the aged care system in the quickest time possible. The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), the newly formed group of ...

The nation's COVID-19 vaccination rollout has become more complicated over the past week after questions were raised about the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine. After reports of a possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots were raised by ...