Digital marketing has often been positioned as a tool to capture the youth market, but the truth is our ageing population is also online and ready for business Seniors are the generation that digital forgot. But as the Australian population ...

As October 1 marked the International Day of the Older Person, the NSW Division of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild is heralding older people by recognising the Feldenkrais method – a practice believed to help people with mobility and mental health ...

A new Heart Foundation survey released for World Heart Day shows that resuming everyday life after a heart attack may be more challenging than we think. Getting back to work presented challenges for almost half of those surveyed, with 25 ...

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 ...

An Australian researcher has designed an initiative called the Caring for Carers of People with Dementia Project in order to better support informal carers. Dr Annie Banbury from CQUniversity said, based on feedback during community workshops, it was apparent that ...

A new program managed by Sport Australia was recently launched, aimed at encouraging Australians aged 65 and over to be more active. The Move It Aus – Better Ageing grants program was spearheaded by Lisa Nugara, Sport Australia’s director of participation ...

Stronger specific cultural training for working with Indigenous communities is needed prior to being deployed, in order for nurses to provide culturally safe and holistic care. That’s the change one assistant in nursing is asking for. Melissa Haydock said while ...

Making decisions about how we want to live as we age are often taboo subjects regardless of where we live in the world. Dr Jane Barratt, secretary general of the International Federation on Ageing in Canada, is calling for communities ...