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Four aged care employees in the US are facing charges for the deaths of aged care residents who fell victim to extreme heat in the aftermath of a hurricane. Fourteen residents of Floridian aged care home Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills died ...

A former NSW aged care nurse who misappropriated restricted medicines and was jailed for pretending to be a home invasion victim has been banned from providing any health service. Elizabeth Luque’s extensive misconduct was “extremely serious, calculated and dishonest, and ...

Childhood dementia might sound like a misnomer to some but five Australians every year are born with an untreatable form of the disease. Now, South Australian researchers will use ‘brain in a dish’ technology to improve the lives of those diagnosed ...

To give younger Australians a fair go, governments need to wind back age-based tax breaks for ‘comfortably off’ older Australians. That’s according to the Grattan Institute’s new report. It revealed that older Australians today spend more and have higher incomes ...

Australian and Iraqi researchers have designed a fall detection and response system that uses sensors and drones to get help to people before an ambulance arrives. University of South Australia researchers are working with a team from Baghdad’s Middle Technical ...

Wednesday 7th August 2019 is Aged Care Employee Day, celebrating the hundreds of thousands of people who work tirelessly in the aged care industry. It also serves as a timely and important reminder to make certain that we are supporting, ...

While keeping food spend low in aged care might seem like a cost-saving measure, it’s actually a false economy. That’s one of the messages Dr Sandra Iuliano, who provided evidence at the aged care royal commission, sent to the sector via ...

With almost 4,000 assaults reported in aged care facilities last year, managers must take practical steps to protect aged care employees from situations which may injure or harm them. Challenging behaviours in the workplace come in many forms, but generally ...