How does living with a pooch influence a person’s health? That’s the question at the centre of a new University of Sydney study. Study lead associate professor Emmanuel Stamatakis, from the Charles Perkins Centre and Sydney School of Public Health, ...

The final dress rehearsal of the Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College’s production of High School Musical has enthused a room of aged care residents, with some dancing as they left the theatre hall. The residents and consumers were invited as guests ...

Older Australians who hope to improve brain health and function will gain the most benefits by combining aerobic and resistance exercise, a new study has found. The team behind the research, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, analysed ...

People with Parkinson’s disease will lend their voices to a new research project that aims to better the lives of those living with the condition. The 6-month project will evaluate whether singing can help improve quality of life, wellbeing and ...

A friendship shared by two Melbourne-based artists has led to the creation of a series of portraits that explores the human condition and realities of ageing. For the past 30 years painter and sculptor Peter Wegner has met with fellow artist Graeme Doyle to ...

Melburnians might have seen a group of aged-care residents skittering around the city’s suburbs and performing seemingly random tasks last month. Residents from Freedom Aged Care’s Hawthorn, Glen Waverley, Burwood, Cheltenham and Sandringham sites stopped strangers to ask for a ...

Older citizens need to be empowered to create inclusive communities and to demand changes to the way aged-care services are provided. Older people’s lives are rich and diverse, but these experiences are often downplayed when they use aged-care services. Despite ...

Aged-care facilities undertaking refurbishments must consider the value and benefit to residents of every change they make. But which assessment tools should they use to help make these decisions? Updating a living environment in an aged-care facility through refurbishment may ...