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An aged care provider says the reason facilities are closing is due to the government's inadequate funding model. Over 60 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes have been losing money, forcing them to shut their doors while leaving ...

After many years of waiting, peak bodies LASA and ACSA have announced they will join forces as the new Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) from 1 July. The final push came from the Royal Commission's report which called ...

A local biotech company thinks it may have found the future drug to treat Alzheimer's disease.  This week, Australian firm Actinogen announced that its latest trial of the drug Xanamem had shown improved attention and working memory in Alzheimer’s patients. CEO Dr ...

The aged care system remains a heated topic as the pandemic, the upcoming election and the Royal Commission's report continue to apply pressure on the sector. A new book, Healthy Ageing and Aged Care, released this month, takes an interdisciplinary ...

Strike action could be expected within the next week after nearly all major providers in Australia have agreed to join the peak union's dispute with the federal government. Bolton Clarke of South Australia is the seventh provider to endorse UWU's ...

No decision has been made as yet in NSW on whether Volunteer Assisted Dying (VAD) will be legalised. While the bill passed the lower house last year, there are concerns about restrictions on time allocated to its debate in the ...

Every day, 35 people in Australia are diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and the risk increases as we age, affecting one per cent of people over 60 and five per cent aged 85. The neurodegenerative disease causes certain neurons like dopamine, ...

The fulfilment of having a pet doesn't necessarily mean owning a cat or dog, a new survey has found.  Four scientists surveyed over 100 community-dwelling people aged 50 and 92 to define the value of pets and wildlife in their ...

An epidemiology expert is urging older people to get their flu shot and winter booster after a 36 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases in aged care homes this week. As of 31 March, there have been 658 active outbreaks ...

A new aged care training centre has opened at Charles Darwin University's (CDU) Casuarina campus to better educate and prepare students.  CDU and the Territory Labor Government invested $1.7 million into the centre, which includes four specialised beds and modern ...