Social services minister Christian Porter has justified sticking with the government’s plan to incrementally lift the pension age from 67 to 70, saying it is a sensible measure reflecting increases in life expectancy. While the government last month ditched many ...

Nurses and allied health staff across 13 aged care sites have turned to an online network to help reduce the incidence of falls. Twenty aged care staff with an interest in falls prevention took part in a web-based Community of ...

Only two-in-five older Australians are participating in the national bowel cancer screening program despite Australia having one of the highest rates in the world. The program’s 2017 monitoring report, released on Friday 2 June 2017, shows eligible men are least ...

What if a computer could tell you when you will die? The concept sounds like an elevator pitch for a science fiction novel but University of Adelaide researchers are working to bring the idea to life. Recent research, published in ...

Australians have been told that in some circumstances they would be better off opening a savings account than taking out funeral insurance. That’s because they’re likely to be paying more in premiums than they are ever likely to receive from a ...

The flu isn’t the only health woe Australians have to worry about this winter, with chilly household temperatures putting many people at greater risk of developing heart problems. Professor Adrian Barnett, of the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, says ...

Researchers and nurses have agreed on the content of a competency framework for gerontological nursing. Associate professor Victoria Traynor from the University of Wollongong’s School of Nursing said the idea of a framework or approach that could be considered standard ...

The number of Australians living with osteoarthritis has soared over the last nine years, in line with the growing number of obese, according to Medibank data. Figures released on Monday 29 May 2017 by the national private health insurer shows ...