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Researchers at Monash University have discovered a potential link between the way individuals walk and their likelihood of developing dementia. To put it more scientifically, the researchers were investigating “whether variability from one step to the next during walking, and ...

Five South Australian aged care homes that are part of a CCTV pilot project will have to wait to be fitted with cameras as the state government searches for a new technology partner. Cameras were meant to switch on towards ...

Scott Morrison has committed to a home care funding boost in the tailwind of the royal commission’s interim report. Within the report, commissioners and staff outlined “areas of urgent action” that the government need not wait for their final report to ...

Victoria is calling on the Commonwealth to institute minimum staffing ratios for all aged care providers ahead of the release of the royal commission interim report. Via the state government’s submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and ...

Perhaps the most damaging side effect of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is that instead of dealing with the problems of the aged care system, we have a de facto policy of ‘wait and see’. Actions ...

The federal government must act now to stop 16,000 older Australians dying each year while they wait for the help they need to remain in their homes, aged care advocates say. Thursday’s interim report from the aged care royal commission ...

Simple phone calls are helping keep seniors steady on their feet and out of hospital emergency departments. A group of older Aussies who took part in a phone-based falls prevention program after being sent home from hospital were less likely ...

Aged care workers say they don’t have enough time to meet older people’s emotional and social needs because they are so rushed and under pressure to provide basic physical care. Workplace cultures in which staff are rushed and have little ...