Australia’s aged care sector will need more than half a billion dollars annually just to achieve basic quality consistently in nursing homes, researchers say. The first of its kind study also found just 11 per cent of residential aged care ...

To improve dementia understanding, Australia needs to invest in the next generation. UniSA’s Dr Ashleigh Smith, a cognitive ageing expert, said this is because children are the nation’s future leaders, local shop keepers, bankers and neighbours. “Children generally don’t know ...

The government has today released the findings of a review into the outbreak of COVID-19 at Newmarch House in Sydney where 19 residents died. To unpack the virus’s spread and impact, review authors Professor Lyn Gilbert and Adjunct Professor Alan ...

The national COVID-19 death toll has topped 500, with many new fatalities again coming from the aged care sector in virus-hit Victoria. On Sunday, 11 deaths in Victorian aged care facilities were reported out of a total of 17. Today, ...

Victoria has had 13 more coronavirus fatalities, taking the state’s death toll to 376 and the national figure to 463. It also reported 240 new COVID-19 cases, and while this was an increase on the previous day the state’s five-day ...

The Health Services Union (HSU) is calling for a sector-wide audit of aged care providers after a second large not-for-profit revealed it had been underpaying employees. BaptistCare NSW & ACT is back-paying employees more than $1 million after self-reporting that ...

Australia is in “advanced negotiations” to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine here, it has been confirmed, after reports a deal is “days away”. Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed Australia is in “advanced negotiations” to have a coronavirus vaccine manufactured Down ...

Eye-tracking technology may help to make the preferences of people who have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) known. In a new study, researchers from Flinders University recruited older people at outpatient memory clinics, including caregivers, to investigate the ways older people ...