The government is prompting Australian students looking for answers to life’s question to ask their grandparents before turning to Google. More than 150 schools have registered for Ask Gran Not Google, a concept driven by aged care provider Feros Care. The ...

Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians Ken Wyatt has announced a Department of Health higher up will head the new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Janet Anderson will lead its establishment as it prepares to begin operations from ...

A rating system for facilities and requirement for there to be one registered nurse on site at all times have been listed among the recommendations of an inquiry into the aged care system. Released this week by the Health, Aged ...

Bankwest (owned by the Commonwealth Bank) has produced the Safe and Savvy brochure to help senior customers stay protected online with their banking. The vision is to identify and support customers who they believe could be victims of financial elder ...

Digital marketing has often been positioned as a tool to capture the youth market, but the truth is our ageing population is also online and ready for business Seniors are the generation that digital forgot. But as the Australian population ...

Chelsea aged care residents are among the newest Australian record holders thanks to 10,000 colourful pompoms. A team from Lifeview Argyle Court in Chelsea created the nation’s longest line of pompoms. Originally setting their sights on 7,777 pompoms to leverage off ...

“To have acknowledgement of my existence, to be respected and to keep my dignity.” These were the three last wishes of Ethel, an aged care resident. Department of Human Services aged care team leader Gianna Luccitti befriended Ethel while visiting ...

Few older adults who self-harm in the UK are being referred for a specialist mental health assessment following a GP visit, a new study has found. Published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, the large observational study found that around 90 ...