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Are you an early bird or a night owl? Unpacking that question is a good starting point for shiftworkers to ensure a person-centred approach to caring for people with dementia at night, says Belinda Goodenough, knowledge translation manager at Dementia Training ...

Robots will guide the hands of stroke survivors to retrain the brain in a new research project that aims to help people overcome spatial neglect. The neuropsychological condition often occurs after damage to the right hemisphere of the brain and ...

Song writing to improve relationships between people living with dementia and their families. Group singing to foster connectedness. And personalised playlists to increase physical activity. These are some of the ways Dr Imogen Clark from the University of Melbourne is ...

A Melbourne aged care home has introduced more accessible planters that allow wheelchair users or seated residents to get close to a desk-like garden bed. The additions to Mercy Place Montrose were funded through a $7000 grant from the Andrews ...

The cost of providing health and residential care for people with dementia in Australia is potentially higher than previously estimated. That’s according to research that employed a predominantly bottom-up approach as opposed to a top-down, population costing approach, which in ...

A West Australian aged care facility is providing residents with a door to the past by transforming the entryways to rooms. The Front Door project sees Bethanie residents’ doors decorated with unique designs, some of which may be similar to the ...

Nurses who have children and experience shiftwork may feel as though they’re not living up to society’s expectations of motherhood, a new study suggests. RN Dr Annabel Matheson explored the implications of working shiftwork while caring for children to identify ...

One of the world’s leading roboticists, responsible for tech that disposes of explosives in war zones, wants to see more robotics catering for the ageing population. MIT Emeritus Professor Rodney Brooks, who worked for the university for a decade before ...