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Eating a Mediterranean diet could help older people stave off frailty and keep sharp, researchers have found. A diet rich in fruit and veg, olive oil and fish boosts bacteria in the gut linked to healthy ageing and reduces bacteria ...

Each older Australian living in the community or in residential aged care has different needs towards the end of life. Older Australians reflect the diverse experience of all Australians. Many Australians are born in different countries, speak languages other than ...

Eighty-five-year-old Mavis Ede told carers at Care UK’s Highmarket House in Banbury that her greatest wish was to see penguins. But she got the shock of her life when the care team turned up with two friendly penguins at her ...

Testosterone supplements have been found to improve cognitive function in older men, according to researchers at Edith Cowan University. The researchers analysed the results of 14 randomised control trials, including one recently published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, and ...

At a time when the aged care industry is looking for answers to a number of seemingly unanswerable questions, Pat Garcia looks to the teachings of his faith for guidance. Garcia believes that we could look to the example of ...

Reablement, funding reform and face-to-face guidance were among the topics discussed in the aged care royal commission’s first workshop held in Adelaide this week. Aged care in its current form is often too difficult to navigate, and looking at the ...

Superannuation reform is again at the forefront of political debate this week, with calls to raise contributions and do away with them all together ringing out simultaneously. The compulsory superannuation guarantee is set to rise from 9.5 per cent in ...

Last night I decided to set my alarm an hour early, and in a desperate attempt to drag myself out of bed I set my alarm to the loudest most annoying church bell sound I could find. Instead of rousing ...