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A popular ABC TV program that sparked conversations about loneliness and social isolation among older adults has returned to screens for a second season. In its debut season, Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds documented a social experiment in ...

Thousands of aged care residents yet to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose have been “let down” by the federal government, Labor says. Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Thursday the Pfizer vaccine would be set aside for people aged under 50, though aged care residents would be ...

‘When too much sport is barely enough’ is a much loved satirical credo made famous by the Australian sports comedians Roy Slaven and HG Nelson as they send up obsessed Australian sports fanatics. Something eerily similar seems applicable to the eight ...

The death rate among people with dementia was down during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report found that the slight drop occurred over the first 10 months of 2020 compared with ...

The federal government has been accused of “forgetting” Australians with disability after “absolutely shameful” revelations over vaccine rates among the vulnerable group. A parliamentary inquiry on COVID-19 heard on Tuesday just 6.5 per cent of Australians living with disability had ...

The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a leading think tank says. The Grattan Institute said the extra spending could be funded by some mix of a new ...

Australia is interested in producing a cutting-edge form of COVID-19 vaccine onshore, but the Health Minister warns it could take the “best part of a year” for manufacturing to begin. Greg Hunt says the federal government has a “very high interest” in ...

When we are born, we are at our most vulnerable, relying on our parents to nurture and care for us until we are old enough to care for ourselves. As we get older, we once again need some form of ...

The South Australian state government has sought legal advice to see if COVID-19 vaccines should become mandatory for medi-hotel workers. Advice has also been sought to determine if staff who aren’t vaccinated should be moved into other roles. Earlier this week ...

Police are investigating the death of an elderly woman at a Regis aged care facility in Perth’s leafy western suburbs. The 89-year-old woman died at the Nedlands facility on Tuesday. “Major crime division officers are making inquiries to determine the cause and circumstances ...