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A new report has called for a yearly additional investment of $365 million for palliative care to “bring the system up to speed” and address significant “service gaps, meet future significant demand and reduce avoidable costs”. The report, which was ...

New Australian research has found that the more social interactions aged care recipients have, the better their cognitive function. And researchers argue that the government should help keep aged care residents socially engaged using technology. Academics from Macquarie University, along ...

An aged care nurse under investigation for working while she had coronavirus symptoms and flouting lockdown restrictions is now being linked to the COVID-19 death of a 30-year-old man. The nurse’s COVID-19 diagnosis sparked a health scare at a Rockhampton ...

Dementia Australia has announced a set of free short online courses to support aged care staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Changed routines can leave aged care recipients with dementia in a state of distress and confusion, and Dementia Australia CEO ...

There have been no residential aged care deaths due to COVID-19 in either South Korea or Hong Kong, despite both regions having thousands of positive cases. Experts told British MPs and members of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee ...

A new blood test that could help identify Alzeimer’s disease is on its way to Australia. Dementia is the second leading cause of death of Australians and in 2020, there is an estimated 459,000 Australians living with dementia. That number is expected to ...

An aged care nurse working in Rockhampton has been called out by the Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for continuing to show up to work while symptomatic and awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test. “Honestly, a nurse should know better,” ...

One positive outcome from the COVID-19 crisis could be that we might finally understand the true value of nurses. That’s the opinion of Cath Rogers, a former nurse and the current Dean of Health at Torrens University. “I think the ...