I’m a TV producer and director and somehow, I always knew I would make a film about my dad, the charismatic Western Australian artist Leon Pericles. But I never anticipated that the real star of the film would be my ...

Catherine Roche talked to the royal commission about her late husband, Michael Burge, who spent two years in aged care after he had a stroke aged 56. She described the difficulties she had navigating the space between the aged care system ...

Australian researchers are looking into ways to shift the weight gain associated with shift work. University of South Australia researcher Dr Crystal Yates said the nature of working at night makes it harder for people to maintain a healthy weight ...

On day two of the Melbourne leg of the royal commission, we gained a rare insight into the thoughts of the commissioners. In a scathing indictment of the disability and aged care sectors, commissioner Lynelle Briggs called the system “a ...

  My number one goal is to get the fuck out of the nursing home.” Lisa Corcoran is sworn in to give evidence to the royal commission in the usual fashion. Council assisting Bergin then begins the day with the ...

Aged care minister Richard Colbeck has announced a bump in funding for entry-level home support, but aged care providers says the sector is being drip fed. Colbeck said $150 million in government funding will be spent over three years to enable more ...

A new study has found that we can train our brains to be better at multitasking as we age with some simple practice. As we age, multi-tasking becomes more troublesome. Keeping a conversation while completing another task can be difficult, ...

If you’re an Australian man, you’re better placed than any other male group in the world to reach a ripe old age. This is according to new research by ANU. Pulling data from 15 countries with high life expectancies across ...