Without further thinking about how to address the mental health needs of people in residential care, these individuals are going to be forgotten, an academic has said. Professor Sunil Bhar of Swinburne University of Technology said many older people face ...

A team of researchers has visited 14 islands in the Torres Strait to give advice on how to improve health there later in life. University of Queensland School of Psychology researcher professor Nancy Pachana, who joined a team from James ...

Diagnostic tools for acute pain are often difficult for health professionals to interpret and apply, and managing chronic pain holds its own challenges. This was the focus of the presentation from the University of Queensland’s PainLang at the Australian Pain ...

Research has revealed the likelihood that aged-care residents with dementia will wander into private spaces, and when and where it is most likely to occur. Study author Dr Margaret MacAndrew from Queensland University of Technology said the results show wandering ...

Organisations and community providers need to acknowledge and understand the fears that exist among staff surrounding dementia before positive change in the way care is provided can take place, a dementia consultant has argued. Michelle Harris, dementia consultant with Bethanie ...

A mobile app and strong leadership are helping to ensure people with dementia receive individualised care, an academic has said. Care for a person with dementia is not always person-centred, Dr Lisa Clinnick said, and the institutionalised nature of care – the need to ...

People suffering from bile duct cancer could be helped by a new drug class of experimental drug, a study has shown. Bile duct cancer, known as cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare but aggressive type of cancer. It does not typically respond ...

With demand for donor organs greatly outstripping availability, the NHMRC has released new draft guidelines it hopes will make decisions about choice of recipients and allocation easier. The draft document, Ethical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors was released ...