One of Bondi’s famous lifesavers will dive into Sydney Harbour this weekend for dementia awareness. Andrew ‘Reidy’ Reid, known for saving lives and playing pranks on Network Ten’s Bondi Rescue, will host the Sydney Harbour Splash event on Australia Day ...

American and Israeli scientists have found that drugs that quell inflammation in the brain could also slow and even reverse cognitive decline, which is associated with diseases such as dementia. Th researchers found that mice with cognitive decline were able ...

Australians will be able to have their say on the government’s $185 million Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission with this week’s release of a draft roadmap. The medical research package aims to help older Australians maintain their health and quality of ...

Victoria was the first state enabling voluntary assisted dying, but the ban put on doctors to discuss it with their patients is a “gag clause” that should be removed, experts say. An article published by the Medical Journal of Australia ...

Australian research has shown that women who experience premature menopause are more likely to develop multiple chronic conditions down the track. For the study, University of Queensland PhD student Dr Xiaolin Xu looked at 11,000 women who participated in the ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has taken the extraordinary step of releasing a statement contradicting claims by aged care minister Richard Colbeck that suggested the commission recommended privatisation of the ACAT assessment process. Since November, media ...

In May, it will have been 200 years since the birth of Florence Nightingale and the World Health Organization (WHO) is marking the date by declaring 2020 as the first ever Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Early last year, ...

As the estimated number of animals killed in Australia’s bushfires rises to one billion, a group of creative Australians have come together to craft comfort items and food balls for the survivors. Staff at aged care provider Lifeview consulted with ...