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Eight of Australia’s largest private residential aged care providers have pledged to publish quarterly evaluations of their facilities. The Aged Care Guild has published the collated results of Consumer Experience Reports (CERs) conducted by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency. Moving forward, ...

Death education should be taught in the classroom to demystify ageing and dying among younger Australians, Queensland doctors have argued. Australian Medical Association Queensland said young people need to be educated about medical, legal and other issues that surround ageing ...

The Department of Health recently announced ACAR 2018–19 and that an invitation to apply for 13,500 residential aged care places, 775 short-term restorative care places and up to $60 million in capital grants is expected soon. Residential aged care (RAC) ...

Are hospitals the reservoir of antibiotic resistant bacteria? Or is it nursing homes? Research from the University of Queensland (UQ) has received a $1.8 million government funding boost to find out. The study will explore the spread of antibiotic resistant ...

Healthcare continues its lead as Australia’s biggest employer while community services helps to boost growth in job ads, according data from employment marketplace SEEK. Overall, job ads were up 16.5 per cent in April compared with 12 months ago, and ...

For some, listening to the radio is a way to kill time while driving or catch up on the day’s news, but for older adults the desire to tune in might have deeper implications. In partnership with the Community Broadcasting ...

Contrary to several previous studies, new research has suggested that a common form of exercise does not improve cognitive impairment among people with dementia. The research, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found moderate to high intensity aerobic and ...

Falls are the most common cause of hospitalised injury – and numbers are rising. A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report revealed falls account for almost half (41 per cent) of all hospitalised injuries. This was followed ...