A former NSW aged care nurse who misappropriated restricted medicines and was jailed for pretending to be a home invasion victim has been banned from providing any health service. Elizabeth Luque’s extensive misconduct was “extremely serious, calculated and dishonest, and ...

A team of aged care residents and local school kids have assembled in the fight against poor mental health. The team got together to build 200 paper aeroplanes that will be showcased at Newcastle Airport in October as part of ...

Childhood dementia might sound like a misnomer to some but five Australians every year are born with an untreatable form of the disease. Now, South Australian researchers will use ‘brain in a dish’ technology to improve the lives of those diagnosed ...

Senior public officials and researchers have savaged new rules around the use of chemical and physical restraints in aged care. The Commonwealth government recently introduced changes aimed at limiting the use of restraints in residential facilities. But experts believe the ...

To give younger Australians a fair go, governments need to wind back age-based tax breaks for ‘comfortably off’ older Australians. That’s according to the Grattan Institute’s new report. It revealed that older Australians today spend more and have higher incomes ...

Australian and Iraqi researchers have designed a fall detection and response system that uses sensors and drones to get help to people before an ambulance arrives. University of South Australia researchers are working with a team from Baghdad’s Middle Technical ...

A researcher at the University of South Australia has called for more aged care homes to allow their residents to keep pets. Dr Janette Young, a lecturer in health sciences, made a formal submission to the aged care royal commission, ...

A photography exhibition held in support of the EveryAge Counts campaign opened in Sydney this week. It asked attendees to take a pledge against ageism. The exhibition, created by Uniting Aged Care in association with the Benevolent Society, features residents ...