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Aged care staff across Australia will receive a pay increase after the nation's industrial umpire ruled to lift the national minimum wage. The Fair Work Commission handed down its annual review on Wednesday, lifting minimum hourly rates from $20.33 to ...

Scientists have pioneered the 'Balance Mat' in an effort to reduce high numbers of lethal falls in aged care. Falls by older people are more likely to result in hospitalisations or severe injury, where data found that 94 per cent of ...

The government must introduce significant reforms to deal with the high rates of sexual assault in residential care homes, experts have said. Recent revelations that 50 sexual assaults occur in an aged care home each week have drawn attention to ...

A new study has highlighted the lack of rural health services available for older people living with mental health conditions. Researchers from Flinders University surveyed 6000 older people in remote South Australia and found that 13 per cent lived with ...

In the coming months residents living in HammondCare homes will enjoy regular visits from slender canine companions. Syndey-based Greyhound Rescue partnered up with the aged care home to pilot the Australian-first program 'Hounds Helping Humans', with an eye on improving ...

Recent data has shown that more than 500 people living in residential aged care were sexually assaulted in the last three months of 2021. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission said it received 530 reports of unlawful sexual conduct ...

Over fifty per cent of older Australians consider climate change and homelessness to be significant issues, a new survey has found. Peak aged care body COTA asked over 6,000 older Australians living in NSW about their attitudes and feelings on ...

Older people are being portrayed as being in ill-health, victims, or being a burden on society in the Australian media, prompting researchers to call for changes in how society thinks about ageing. A new QUT study, 'Visibility and invisibility in ...

People who walk slower and experience memory problems as they age are at an increased risk of developing dementia, a major global study has found. Over seven years researchers from Australia and the US studied more than 16,800 people aged ...

Mark Butler has been named as the new Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care. The deputy leader of the lower house was sworn in on Wednesday along with Queensland MP Anika Wells, who was appointed Minister for Aged Care ...