Devastated family and friends have expressed their disbelief after a Perth nurse was found dead just weeks from giving birth to her fourth child. Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of Janet Dweh, 36, ...

Quality of life measures in the aged care industry have typically relied on clinical indicators, such as an individual's weight, past medical history or prescription use. Professor Julie Ratcliffe from Flinders University led a team to interview 3,000 older Australians ...

The largest study of ageing men in the southern hemisphere might give us some clues about the fountain of youth. Australians are living longer and healthier lives. Over the past two decades, the number of people aged 85 years and over ...

Exposure to noisy traffic over a long period could cause dementia, according to new research. The study, published in the BMJ by researchers from Denmark, found that around one in eight cases of dementia in the country could be linked ...

One in five older Australians are more likely to have an unplanned trip to the hospital within 90 days of their first aged care assessment (ACAT), new research has found. A study from the University of South Australia analysed the ...

A doctor infected with COVID-19 visited three aged care homes in Sydney, sending them into lockdown. The doctor visited SummitCare Penrith, Mountainview Aged Care Penrith and Anglicare Newmarch House – the latter was at the centre of a large COVID-19 ...

New research has found that 61 per cent of Australians would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund better quality aged care services. Funding has long been a contentious issue in the aged care sector. The government's response to ...

Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world first study from researchers at Macquarie University identified a protein in the blood which could lead to low cost screening ...

A city in the US will pay a $3 million settlement to a woman with dementia who was assaulted by police officers last year.  In June 2020, 73-year-old Karen Garner was violently arrested by police in Colorado after forgetting to ...

Digital apps, virtual reality and other social technologies are being developed globally to aid widespread loneliness felt among older adults during COVID-19. New research has looked into the unintended consequences of digital apps to solve the deficit in social connection experienced ...