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Nursing, already under pressure, is reaching breaking point due to the pressures of COVID-19 and a disjointed healthcare system, including the acute, primary and aged care sectors. We must act now to protect our nurses and healthcare: the time has ...

Merle Mitchell, the former head of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and aged care activist has died, aged 87. Mitchell started her career in early childhood education before moving into community work and eventually serving as the head ...

Recent research conducted by Dementia Australia has identified that discrimination against people living with dementia is real and so entrenched that even those at risk expect to experience some form of discrimination.  The Dementia Action Week Report Discrimination and dementia ...

The largest study of ageing men in the southern hemisphere might give us some clues about the fountain of youth. Australians are living longer and healthier lives. Over the past two decades, the number of people aged 85 years and over ...

The first large scale government report on dementia in Australia was released today to mark the start of Dementia Action Week (September 20-26). Dementia in Australia, carried out by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), is the first ...

Queensland’s hard border with NSW and Victoria could be removed by Christmas after a record number of people were vaccinated over the weekend. More than 56,000 people rolled up their sleeves during the state’s Super Pfizer Weekend, with more still to be ...

Exposure to noisy traffic over a long period could cause dementia, according to new research. The study, published in the BMJ by researchers from Denmark, found that around one in eight cases of dementia in the country could be linked ...

A doctor infected with COVID-19 visited three aged care homes in Sydney, sending them into lockdown. The doctor visited SummitCare Penrith, Mountainview Aged Care Penrith and Anglicare Newmarch House – the latter was at the centre of a large COVID-19 ...

New research has found that 61 per cent of Australians would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund better quality aged care services. Funding has long been a contentious issue in the aged care sector. The government's response to ...

Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world first study from researchers at Macquarie University identified a protein in the blood which could lead to low cost screening ...