Aged care health students have much to gain by hearing from older adults in the classroom, Australian researchers have said. Associate professor Maree Bernoth, from Charles Sturt University (CSU), has involved people living in residential aged care in the learning ...

Employers have an important role to play in the prevention and response to family violence, an Australian aged care provider has said. Benetas was announced as one of 27 employers to be accredited as a White Ribbon Workplace, bringing the ...

Fire. Floods. Earthquakes. Terrorist attacks. These events may not be part of a health professional’s typical working day but they might take over one. To help students and practitioners from different professional fields gain a common understanding of the principles ...

GPs and elderly women taking statins should regularly monitor for increased blood glucose, researchers have said. The call was prompted by research that linked the cholesterol-lowering drugs with an increased risk of developing diabetes among elderly women. Led by Dr ...

Older Australians who use the internet daily are less likely to experience feelings of loneliness than those who peruse the web less often. This was one of the key findings the Whiddon Group has highlighted from its Social Isolation and ...

Members of the community should be proactive in asking aged care providers about the end-of-life care available within their service, the peak palliative care body has urged ahead of National Palliative Care Week. Palliative Care Australia (PCA) announced that the ...

A model of dementia care that focuses on enablement and independence has brought about reductions in expressive behaviours, falls and psychotropic medication use, an Australian provider has said. In July last year, The Salvation Army Aged Care Plus implemented what ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a list of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. The list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” was created to guide and promote research and development of new antibiotics. ...