With the rates of dementia continuing to rise within Australia’s population, increasing attention is being given to the design of the residential facilities that will be needed in coming years. While aged care homes are nothing new, designing and building ...

Aquanomic™ Laundry Program for Long Term Care – The Safe and Simple approach to Premium results and Operational Efficiency At Ecolab we understand that hygienically clean laundry is critical when protecting aged care residents offering comfort and satisfaction, whilst controlling ...

Ever heard of the boiling frog? The idea is that if you put a frog into boiling water it will jump out, but heat it up slowly and it will be boiled to death, not sensing the danger. This idea ...

Researchers are telling people to act their subjective age and tell their GP about it. The concept of subjective age and its use in managing the wellbeing of older generations is being explored by Australian and US researchers. The team has ...

Nurse training standards have been placed under fresh scrutiny after allegations that sub-standard graduates are posing a potential risk to public safety. In a report that aired on Monday night on the ABC program Four Corners, two former senior nursing academics expressed serious ...

Snapping a bold selfie might not be something many people associate with older populations, but that’s exactly why one aged-care organisation is calling for elderly people to posts pictures of themselves online. Feros Care chief executive Jennene Buckley said the organisation ...

Australia’s healthcare system is not making best use of available funding when deciding on allocating money to different services, a researcher has argued. Further, the Queensland University of Technology’s Elizabeth Martin, who wrote the brief Rationing in Healthcare for the ...

A government reimbursement scheme for home retrofits and more assistance for people planning their housing for later in life were amongst the key recommendations from a new report on older Australians and their homes. The report, The Head, the Heart & the House, ...