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A new independent review into the handling of COVID-19 in residential care has identified the key factors which make staff and residents more vulnerable to severe outbreaks. The report, titled ‘No Time for Complacency’, contained a number of in-depth interviews, ...

Each Friday morning, a group of 24 teenagers and six older citizens sit and share their life stories, as part of an Australian-first project to reduce loneliness and build connections.  The sessions are part of the 'Bridging Ages life stories ...

Property advocates have aired concerns over new state government housing plans to halt retirement home development around NSW. This comes as the state government releases amendments made to its environmental draft housing policy (SEPP), which has removed retirement living from ...

Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check, of the 366,000-odd aged care workers, nearly nine in 10 workers in aged care were female (87 per cent of ...

Only 3.8 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes are on track to meet the government’s new staffing standards set for 2023, a new study has found.  As part of the federal response to the royal commission, providers must ...

Australians receiving the disability support pension (DSP) are finding the process burdensome and extremely stressful, according to new research from Monash University. Researchers asked 518 people who are applying or receiving the DSP about their experience and the way it ...

After serving dishes in exclusive resorts and fine dining restaurants, French chef Stephan Blant said that working in residential care has offered a different type of reward.   “It’s life changing,” he told Aged Care Insite. “Unlike in a hotel, where ...

A Queensland couple has launched a new home care franchise to meet the increasing demand for quality aged and disability care in their regional town.  Liz and Harry Jackson launched the Nurse Next Door home care service in Toowoomba to ...

Do you have difficulty getting out of a chair, opening a jar or crossing the road? If yes, you may be showing signs of sarcopenia, which causes the accelerated loss or failure of skeletal muscle mass and function. An estimated ...

The government is taking nominations for the 'Aged Care Council of Elders', one of the key recommendations from the royal commission, however, industry peaks are calling for more transparency into future plans. In a joint announcement, Health Minister Greg Hunt ...