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Aged care bodies have today welcomed the passage through parliament of a new set of quality standards. Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt said the standards would intensify quality compliance across residential, home and remote care. “Under ...

[Stroke] doesn’t change the essence of who I am or what I want, before and after. It only changes what I can do. It doesn’t change what I want. Australian researchers are reminding clinicians to talk with stroke survivors about ...

With the huge growth in aged care requirements in Australia, finding the right staff is already a challenge faced by many aged care facilities – and it’s only going to get tougher. Add to this the current debate on staff ratios ...

Could fruits like cherries, berries and plums slow the impacts of cognitive decline? That’s what University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers are hoping to find out. Their study is based on findings that suggest summer fruits like some berries and stone ...

Aged care residents with dementia feel some elements of care quality are greater in home-like, clustered accommodation models. That’s according to recently released research from the INSPIRED study. Researchers asked Australian residents in different models of long-term aged care – ...

Australian hospitals still aren’t doing enough to make osteoporosis plans a priority for patients leaving hospital after a hip fracture – but they’re getting better at it. The Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR), based at Neuroscience Research ...

I have just returned from the World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, Canada. Like the Olympics, this is held every four years in a different part of the world. With about 5000 people registered and big-name researchers and theorists attending ...

Nursing homes in Brisbane North have opened their doors to a medical outreach service to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions – and the numbers are in. The Geriatric Outreach Assessment Service (GOAS) was trialled over 12 months in 24 residential aged ...