Israeli scientists claim to have found the “holy grail” of medical breakthroughs and reversed the ageing process. The study from Tel Aviv University and Shamir Medical Center used hyperbaric oxygen therapy to reverse two indicators of biological aging and is ...
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Why is a Mandatory Preventative Health Program so vital?
The need for a new, far more effective approach to health and ageing services has become urgent across Australian communities. In my view, a Mandatory Preventative Health Program (MPHP) is one of the most vital necessities and opportunities for widespread ...
More »More needs to be done for Forgotten Australians in aged care
More than 500,000 older Australians are not being served properly by the aged care sector. That is the approximate number of Forgotten Australians, people who at one point in their life were placed in institutional or out-of-home care as children ...
More »Staff, families, blow the whistle on scabies outbreak at aged care home
Another aged care home has become the centre of national attention for alleged poor treatment of its vulnerable residents. Channel Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA) program uncovered widespread scabies and poor conditions at the Kindred Living facility in Whyalla, a ...
More »Pandemic creates prime opportunity for change: academics
There has never been a better time to fix aged care than now. The pandemic has opened wide the existing cracks that run through the sector and academics from the University of Melbourne believe this makes now the time for ...
More »Queensland Ballet brings dancing to aged care
Residents of St Vincent’s Care Services in Queensland will get the chance to strut their stuff with the new dance program developed by the state’s ballet company. The Queensland Ballet has partnered with St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane and St ...
More »Government-run providers best performers: new royal commission research
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has today released the most detailed look into the quality of residential aged care homes published in Australia. Using data acquired under the legal authority of the commission, and not previously ...
More »Keeping it cool: new project aims to cool aged care homes naturally
A new research project led by University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) and Griffith University will look for innovative ways to keep aged care residents in Queensland cool during the harsh, hot summers. The team – led by Professor Claudia Baldwin ...
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