The existing regulatory oversight of the aged-care sector has badly failed Australians and a new body alone won’t fix the issue. That’s what Labor’s message to government boiled down to regarding the establishment of a new watchdog for the sector. ...

Changing attitudes to ageing has to happen; that’s a given. But, how it happens and when is the challenge being taken up by the social campaign, EveryAGE Counts. The anti-ageism campaign, which is the brainchild of the Benevolent Society, but driven ...

Australia’s grandmothers are typically happy to take on child-minding duties but that doesn’t mean they’re safe from becoming overburdened, the authors of a new report have reminded families. Just under two-thirds (60 per cent) of women in their mid-sixties and ...

Renewed discussion has resurfaced about the non-medicated support of people experiencing some of the changed behaviours associated with dementia. The journal of the American Medical Association found that non-medicated treatment of behavioural issues associated with dementia is proving to be more ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has released the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Aged Care. Among the directives are that it should cover the challenges and opportunities for providing accessible, affordable and high quality aged care, and delivering ...

To mark World Pharmacist Day, pharmacy company Ward MM is calling on aged care providers to improve the quality of life for their residents by working with clinical pharmacists. Ward MM chief executive Fiona Rhody-Nicholl said people are ageing now ...

The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM) is concerned by the high levels of unnecessary prescription drugs in aged care facilities. It is calling for alternatives to be used and improved access to quality medical care, saying that ...

The recent announcement of a Royal Commission into aged care has brought issues of the staffing levels and skill mix of residential aged care facilities into focus. Demand for aged care services is increasing due to the ageing of the ...