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Mary is an 85-year-old woman with dementia, living in residential aged care. She used to be very happy but in recent months has become sad, crying a lot and disengaging from her usual activities. Her carers believe that her sadness is ...

Jude Barback reflects on the first day of the 2017 New Zealand Aged Care Association (NZACA) conference in Rotorua. Sir Ray Avery and his wife have a nightly ritual of summing up each other’s day in three adjectives. If I ...

Australia’s sandwich generation, charged with looking after young children and older family members at the same time, now have access to new online training. Deakin University experts have developed two free short courses for the FutureLearn social learning platform. One ...

The Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt has announced the Government will investigate ways to make the flu vaccine compulsory for workers in aged care facilities. The investigation follows the deaths of seven elderly residents at St John’s Retirement Village ...

While it’s important to focus on how the postal vote on marriage equality affects youth, Australians shouldn’t forget about the impact it may have on older LGBTIQ people. The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) made this point in the lead-up ...

Creating a built environment that accommodates people with dementia is one of the greatest challenges faced today by the building and design industries. Dementia has become a major health priority, with the number of people living with dementia in Australia ...

Former secretary of the Department of Health Martin Bowles will soon head Calvary Health Care. Bowles was announced as the new national chief executive following news of the retirement of current organisation lead Mark Doran. Founded in 1885 by the ...

A lack of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been tied to greater risk of dementia in new research. REM is the last of five phases the brain cycles through during sleep. The first two include light sleep and the ...