A Japanese man who received his certificate as the world’s oldest man with a raised fist and big smiles earlier this month, has died aged 112. Chitetsu Watanabe received his Guinness World Records certificate on February 12th and the funeral ...

The Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) is calling for a national audit into malnutrition in aged care to gauge the true extent of the problem and understand the needs of affected aged care residents. DAA CEO Robert Hunt said data ...

Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese has used a speech in Queensland to affirm his party’s plans for older Australians who “did the hard yards” and “built this nation”. Albanese told the Brisbane Media Club that if elected to government – ...

Eating a Mediterranean diet could help older people stave off frailty and keep sharp, researchers have found. A diet rich in fruit and veg, olive oil and fish boosts bacteria in the gut linked to healthy ageing and reduces bacteria ...

Eighty-five-year-old Mavis Ede told carers at Care UK’s Highmarket House in Banbury that her greatest wish was to see penguins. But she got the shock of her life when the care team turned up with two friendly penguins at her ...

There’s a lot of rhetoric in the aged care sector about how best to reform it, admits Danielle Ballantine, but she reckons her Sydney-based organisation is heading in the right direction thanks to an approach focused on simplifying the user ...

Superannuation reform is again at the forefront of political debate this week, with calls to raise contributions and do away with them all together ringing out simultaneously. The compulsory superannuation guarantee is set to rise from 9.5 per cent in ...

Australia’s retirement village operators are being encouraged to sign up to the new Retirement Living Code of Conduct, which aims to safeguard the interests of current and future retirement residents. Around 1000 retirement villages have already preregistered to participate in ...