Providing earlier access to palliative care could see fewer hospital admissions at the end of life and lower healthcare costs, research has found. Study lead Cameron Wright, from the School of Public Health at Curtin University, said the findings were important ...

The University of Wollongong’s new health and wellbeing precinct will include Australia’s first patient-centred health clinic to offer aged care, retirement living, research facilities and teaching programs. Details about the plan released last week confirmed that Lendlease would lead the ...

The President of the Australian Medical Association’s WA branch has questioned whether there is a high level of community support for doctor-assisted euthanasia. Orthopaedic surgeon Omar Khorshid told a parliamentary inquiry in Perth that questions in surveys and polls could ...

LASA has launched new palliative care training materials for care providers, staff, carers and families. The Making Choices for Life resource materials includes videos and fact sheets on facilitating a “person-centred” approach to palliative care. Topics covered range from advance ...

As Australia marks one year since the introduction of the Increasing Choice in Home Care (ICHC) reforms, LASA says it’s time to take of stock of what has and hasn’t been achieved. Chief executive Sean Rooney said the experiences of consumers, providers ...

A social networking site for individual streets has been recognised by a group dedicated to challenging notions of ageing and unearthing ideas that could change the lives of seniors. Called One Good Street, the online platform gives neighbours the opportunity ...

An inquiry into Adelaide’s failed Oakden nursing home has made findings of maladministration against five people but cleared former health minister Jack Snelling and former mental health minister Leesa Vlahos. Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Bruce Lander’s inquiry followed a report ...

I do the grocery shopping in our family. It’s not easy: sometimes I can be found, all alone, in a supermarket aisle confronted by the sheer choice in front of me. For example, take tofu (for my daughter). Which tofu? ...