Sex and intimacy are now being spoken about more in residential care, but what happens when older adults and those with disability need to access this in the form of sex work? “People forget that we’re all getting older but ...

A recent aged care survey by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has shown that one in three doctors intend to cut back on or completely end their visits to people in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) over the next two ...

Australia should harness the potential of older entrepreneurs to change the narrative about an ageing population’s impact on the economy. That’s one of the key points raised by both Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison and COTA Australia today. Morrison told attendees ...

Victorian nurses will share in $1.1 million worth of specialist training to improve the treatment and care of older adults, the state government has announced. Martin Foley, Victoria’s minister for ageing, said public sector nurses will have access to short ...

Four Victorian aged care providers became two this month. Mercy Health and Southern Cross Care (Vic) became fully integrated on July 1, the same day Benetas and Macedon Ranges Health amalgamated. Adjunct Professor Stephen Cornelissen, chief executive of Mercy Health Group, ...

Prospective university students might be turned off a career in nursing under changes to university loan repayment thresholds, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has warned. The college said the move might exacerbate anticipated workforce shortages – a dearth of ...

South Australia’s answer to a replacement for the Oakden mental health facility has received full accreditation. Health Minister Stephen Wade told press at the site that the Northgate House facility received “very positive feedback” from accreditors. “This is a real ...

Memory centres and a registry of clinical trial volunteers are two of the tentpoles of a new dementia network, which Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt is calling the accelerator Australia needs “to win the race against dementia”. The Australian Dementia ...