Some people would rather die than go into residential aged care facilities. This is according to UnitingCare Australia’s Claerwen Little, who told the commission about the findings from Uniting’s research into community perceptions of aged care. They found, among other ...

Day five of the aged care royal commission saw a set of tense exchanges between counsel assisting Dr Timothy McEvoy and Leading Age Services Australia chief executive Sean Rooney. Rooney was taken to task by McEvoy over a number of ...

The year after the Government stalled aged care funding there was a marked increase in findings of “substandard care that would impact on the health and wellbeing of a care recipient”. During the evidence of the secretary of the department ...

Can an aged care facility, particularly one designed for residents living with dementia, feel anything but institutional? With a thoughtful approach to interior design, the answer is most certainly yes, even for developers whose budgets are modest. Australia is experiencing ...

Properly staffing aged care facilities with an adequate nursing skill mix and at least four hours and 18 minutes per-patient per-day care minimum would not cost the sector anything more than it currently outlays. That’s according to a report presented ...

They say wisdom comes with age and with experience. Dr David Bottomley is getting a double dose of it, having recently completed his thesis at 94. Bottomley now holds the title of ‘oldest PhD graduate in Australian history’. When he speaks, ...

Creating care environments that better support the verbalisation and expression of sexual preference, need and desire is at the heart of newly funded Australian research. Dr Cindy Jones from Bond University has been granted a $75,000 share of the $1 ...

The second day of the aged care royal commission threw up a few ageing stats and a few gripes in another day where the background problems are being laid bare for commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Richard Tracey. On the first ...