The Montessori method of education was developed by the Italian physician, anthropologist and pedagogue Maria Montessori in the early 20th Century. The philosophy centres around a child’s innate abilities. It is often described as a way of learning by doing and is ...

Rural dementia carers find support hard to come by, phone numbers hard to find and often feel that local clinicians aren’t always helpful. The head of La Trobe’s John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, Professor Irene Blackberry, said: “Often ...

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. With that in mind, the Melbourne Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has launched some new research aimed at gaining insight into the issues women face as they grow older. The research, entitled ‘Vital Conversations with Older Women Living ...

It was just another shift working as a physiotherapist in a Melbourne emergency department. Hospitals, healthcare and aged care were all second nature to me, until I received a phone call that changed it all. It was my aunty on ...

It is often debated whether life imitates art or vice versa. But a new multi-media initiative by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) is using the art of film to inform and project life’s realities. Moving pictures is a collaboration between NARI ...

Can an aged care facility, particularly one designed for residents living with dementia, feel anything but institutional? With a thoughtful approach to interior design, the answer is most certainly yes, even for developers whose budgets are modest. Australia is experiencing ...

They say wisdom comes with age and with experience. Dr David Bottomley is getting a double dose of it, having recently completed his thesis at 94. Bottomley now holds the title of ‘oldest PhD graduate in Australian history’. When he speaks, ...

One is fussy, one is laid back. One is punctual and clean, the other is messy and always late. One is young, the other is old. This isn’t another reboot of The Odd Couple, but the potential pairings tossed up ...