More Australians than ever are seeing their GP for chronic pain, new statistics reveal. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report, which looked at data from 2015–16, revealed that one in five – or 1.6 million Australians – ...

Anglicare’s Newmarch House has been put on notice by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and is at risk of losing its licence to provide aged care. Yesterday the commission announced that it has “taken a series of graduated ...

Tasmania will ease a blanket restriction on visits to aged care homes from Monday, bringing the state in line with the mainland. The state government banned all visits to aged care homes in early April, except for compassionate reasons or ...

The operator of a Sydney aged care home at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak has acknowledged that it’s been under extreme pressure as more residents test positive to the disease. “The reasons for [the additional cases] are still being ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will zero in on the impact of the novel coronavirus on the aged care sector as it continues operations outside of public settings. The commissioners called for submissions from the general ...

Across the world, the greatest number of COVID-19 deaths are in older people, with many residents in aged care facilities at risk of the disease. Complex health needs associated with multi-morbidity and frailty contribute to their risk. The hands-on provision ...

An aged care worker from Bodington Residential Aged Care Home in the Blue Mountains (NSW) has tested positive for coronavirus, but health officials say there is no evidence of an outbreak at the facility. Over the weekend, news broke that ...

The Sydney aged care home in the midst of a large coronavirus outbreak has been promised “unlimited workforce support”, including PPE, by the government as it struggles to provide care with 55 staff in isolation. This comes as the WHO ...