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Aged-care providers will need to start offering the option of a shared room with a double bed if they wish to satisfy future consumer expectations. This was what PhD candidate Alison Rahn, from the University of New England, shared with ...

Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) has raised concerns over workers taking their long service leave with them as they move from one employer to another. The Victorian Government has accepted the recommendations of a Parliamentary Committee on the introduction ...

For some time now, older adults have heard about the benefits of brain training, but is engaging in mentally challenging computer-based exercises an effective treatment for prevention of dementia? Research from the University of Sydney has part of the answer. ...

A HammondCare-led consortium will offer training to nurses in general practice across Australia to help them support older people and those who are chronically ill by discussing advance care planning (ACP) and palliative care. Through a federally funded program, called ...

Staff must be trained and strategies implemented to recognise and address depression and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in aged care, but to do this effectively, organisational change is required. This is a key point professor Marita McCabe, ...

Financial insecurity and lack of awareness of existing services are among the barriers vulnerable people face when it comes to accessing healthcare in Australia. That’s a key message from Queensland University of Technology research that aimed to understand the pressures felt by ...

The researchers behind a survey tool that measures quality of life in community care have held a public seminar to detail its potential to contribute to understanding changes in the delivery of age services. The team, comprising researchers from Macquarie University ...

Health professionals and consumers interested in letting policy makers know their opinions on the My Health Record system, telehealth, innovation and other aspects of digital health now have new avenues to do so. The Australian Digital Health Agency launched a ...