The peak body for dementia in Australia has commended the Victorian government on its recently released carer strategy. The Victorian carer strategy 2018-22 sets out five priority areas: that carers are healthy and well; engaged in education, employment and community; ...

Bullying in nursing is often dismissed as a rite of passage, yet the definition remains poorly defined. What exactly is bullying and is it in the eye of the beholder? That’s the question James Cook University’s Peter Hartin will answer ...

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 ...

International and Australian dementia organisations are reminding the public that every three second someone is developing dementia. Launched in Chicago on the weekend, the #Every3Seconds campaign is a joint effort between Dementia Australia and 22 other leading dementia organisations across ...

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 ...

There is an obvious employer expectation and condition of employment that when nurses are at work they are awake and not sleeping. After all, the employer is paying for the time that the nurse is at work. This rule does ...

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 ...

Two advocates for not-for-profit aged care providers have announced a group membership agreement. The agreement between Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) – the peak body for the nation’s not-for-profit, church, charitable and community-based aged care providers – and Presbyterian ...