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News
Vitamin brand hits back after $26k fine for false Alzheimer’s claim
The founder of cult vitamin and wellness brand JSHealth has spoken out after it was fined $26,640 for unlawful advertising,…
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News
ANMF pushes for four-day working week
The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, in their submission to a federal parliament Senate committee, has called for…
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Clinical Practice
Palliative Care Needs Rounds assist residents facing the end of their life: opinion
Deaths in residential aged care settings occur frequently enough to be core business. It is sometimes difficult to assess when…
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News
Older Australians encouraged to free up housing for younger families
Pensioners are being encouraged to downsize to free up larger homes for younger families under a proposed new law which has…
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News
COVID-19 response earns leadership award
Southern Cross Care NSW/ACT has received Catholic Health Australia's 2022 Award for Leadership in Positive Ageing for its response to…
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Industry & Reform
Time to get to work and face the challenges of aged care reform – opinion
It is easy to be cynical about the new Australian governmentâs very first legislative bill to receive the endorsement of…
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Industry & Reform
Why it is vital we properly recognise the care economy – opinion
Fixing aged care is set to be a key priority of the new government under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. So…
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Opinion
Prioritising a learning culture for nurses of the future is key to improving patient care: opinion
Nurses are indispensable to the proper functioning of healthcare systems. Beyond their medical and administrative duties, they are an important…
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News
Over 100 residents escape injury after aged care home blaze
More than 100 aged care residents escaped without injury after a fire broke out at a nursing home on Victoriaâs Mornington Peninsula on…
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Opinion
How AI and data science is helping aged care when politicians are not: opinion
The Federal Opposition has put the future funding of the nationâs aged care system at the centre of its pitch…
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Industry & Reform
More trouble ahead? The looming dispute over the Support at Home Program – opinion
A number of reports and planning documents released without fanfare by the Commonwealth Department of Health in January and February…
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Opinion
Easing admin challenges in aged care with digital visitor management systems â opinion
Australiaâs experience with the coronavirus has demonstrated how rapidly viruses can spread within the community and the devastating impact it…
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Industry & Reform
What the budget means for our health and aged care sectors – five ideas to start reform: opinion
After the challenges of funding significant spending on COVID-19, 2021âs $17.7bn aged care reform package and the additional $2.1bn for…
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News
Dementia risk could depend on where you live
A Monash University study has found people who live in more affluent areas have superior memories and a lower risk of developing…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
A year on from the royal commission: govt talks progress, sector highlights âunfinished businessâ
The federal government has highlighted the reforms it says it has made a year after the handing down of the…
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Opinion
How good design can make aged care facilities feel more like home
Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology and Laurie Buys, The University of Queensland The stark difference between an aged care…
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COVID-19
Aged care crisis: the need for an urgent review – opinion
Workforce shortages present a significant challenge for the aged care industry. The increasing demand of work in the field, combined…
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News
New report reveals ‘staggering’ future cost of Alzheimer’s disease
A report released today by the University of Canberraâs National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) has predicted the…
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News
Aged care providers, unions send PM open letter demanding action
A joint open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the state of the aged care sector was published today…
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COVID-19
Greg Hunt points finger on boosters for aged care residents, Colbeck under fire
Greg Hunt has pointed the finger at one group of people over the takeup of booster shots. The Health Minister…
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Industry & Reform
First of the 5 pillars: the governmentâs plans to improve the provision of aged care
Now that the Royal Commission has finished and the worst of the pandemic and vaccination problems seem to be over,…
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Industry & Reform
Pandemic solution threatens to become an endemic problem for aged care: opinion
Social isolation and physical distancing have never looked as good as they have over the past year-and-a-half, proving to be…
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COVID-19
âPre-Covid life has diedâ: Vaccination plea goes viral
A Sydney doctor has declared âpre-Covid life has diedâ as he made an impassioned plea for the nation to get…
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Industry & Reform
Locked down but not out â the importance of streamlining access to aged care facilities: Opinion
The past 18-months has seen COVID-19 perpetuate dramatic change. With that change has come a seismic shift in expectation that…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
What one aged care message should government hear ahead of its next budget?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the government would detail much of its response to the Royal Commission into Aged…
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