One third of West Australian aged care workers would quit if the government mandates the COVID-19 vaccination, according to a survey conducted by the nursing union in the state. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) state secretary Mark Olson said that ...

A landmark study has found that slowing or reversing the ageing process is unlikely to be possible for humans. Researchers from 14 different countries set out to test the ‘invariant rate of ageing’ hypothesis, which says that a species has ...

A vaccinated nurse has tested positive to Covid-19 in Victoria as the state recorded three new locally acquired infections on Wednesday. The state’s health department announced five new local cases about 8.30am, but two of those were previously revealed on ...

More than five million Australians have received the Covid-19 vaccine as the federal government announced GPs will be able to administer doses for people with disabilities and the elderly at their homes. Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt said 5.9 ...

Sportspeople who sustain repeated blows to the head throughout their career could be spared the onset of dementia as a consequence, after a world-first study identified a new drug that halts the post-concussion development of a protein that causes the ...

Victoria recorded 11 new positive local cases of Covid-19 on Monday, including three in aged care. Arcare chief executive Colin Singh confirmed two new cases at the company’s Maidstone facility in Melbourne’s inner west in a media statement on Sunday. ...

The Covid-19 jab could become mandatory for aged care workers after the federal and state governments agreed to the measure. Demands for mandatory vaccines have risen in recent days after Victoria’s Covid-19 outbreak passed between staff and residents at Melbourne’s Arcare facility. Speaking after ...

The federal government has faced continued scrutiny this week over vaccination rates in the aged care sector and not being able to accurately say how many workers are fully vaccinated, as the number of COVID cases in the latest outbreak ...

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has dismissed “emotive” criticism of the sluggish vaccine rollout as Health Department officials were slammed for lacking key data on Victoria. Appearing before a senate committee on Tuesday, Colbeck also revealed one resident at Melbourne’s Arcare facility, who ...

Most Australians support paying more tax to fix the nation’s scandal-plagued aged care system, a survey has revealed. The Australian National University study involved 3200 respondents, with 85.4 per cent backing an aged care improvement levy. “A third of those in favour, ...