This is episode 2 of Marcus Riley’s ‘Booming’ podcast. Understanding the law when it comes to finance and family, health and retaining control is crucial to us having the right plans in place and to making the right decisions. So ...

Marcus Riley, positive ageing expert and contributor to Aged Care Insite, has released his brand new podcast, Booming. The show aims to bring together expert advice and personal stories that will educate and inspire listeners to embrace and thrive through ...

More than 500,000 older Australians are not being served properly by the aged care sector. That is the approximate number of Forgotten Australians, people who at one point in their life were placed in institutional or out-of-home care as children ...

There has never been a better time to fix aged care than now. The pandemic has opened wide the existing cracks that run through the sector and academics from the University of Melbourne believe this makes now the time for ...

There is no strong evidence that hearing loss causes Alzheimer’s disease, according to new Queensland University of Technology (QUT) research. The relationship between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s disease has long been debated, with some research suggesting mild hearing loss doubles ...

A Victorian COVID-19 initiative is developing virus-blocking antibodies in what researchers hope will become a key vaccine alternative for the elderly and other immune-compromised groups. The project, led by Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, has successfully used antibodies to ...

Last January, the various aged care peak bodies announced the formation of an industry group dedicated to leading the sector’s workforce strategy. The Aged Care Workforce Industry Council was recommended by the Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce’s report A matter of ...

Improving oral and mental health will save the government and taxpayers millions of dollars and importantly drastically improve the lives of people in the aged care system, the aged care royal commission has been told. The commission resumed after a ...