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The federal aged care minister says states and territories would be responsible for proposed aged care assessment teams. There has been speculation the government was looking to privatise the watchdog, but Richard Colbeck has told a Senate estimates hearing the ...

The suspected coronavirus outbreak at a Sydney aged care facility has been confirmed, with one resident dead from the illness – causing staff to collectively walk out, as reported by The Australian. NSW health has confirmed the 95-year-old female resident ...

A Sydney aged care home has placed several residents in isolation after the confirmation that one of its workers has contracted the coronavirus, COVID-19. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Wednesday confirmed an aged care worker at Dorothy Henderson Lodge ...

This story was updated on March 5th at 11am from a story originally published March 4th. The coronavirus COVID-19 is on the march across the globe and appears to be gaining a foothold here in Australia with the news of ...

The Government announced on Friday that it will abandon its controversial plans to privatise the ACAT assessment process. A communiqué released from the COAG Health Council meeting said: “The Commonwealth has confirmed that it is not proceeding with the current ...

New research has found that opioid prescriptions for non-cancer related pain has doubled over the last 24 years. Academics from the University of Sydney; the University of Warwick, UK; the University of Notre Dame; the University of New South Wales ...

Reducing the risk of heart attack in the early stages of a bereavement with a common medication has been the focus of new research by the University of Sydney. Professor Geoffrey Tofler, leading the study published in the American Heart Journal, said that ...

New figures released today by Dementia Australia put the number of people estimated to be living with dementia in Australia at 459,000, an increase of around 116,00 since 2015. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing, in 2015 ...