Only 3.8 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes are on track to meet the government’s new staffing standards set for 2023, a new study has found.  As part of the federal response to the royal commission, providers must ...

Do you have difficulty getting out of a chair, opening a jar or crossing the road? If yes, you may be showing signs of sarcopenia, which causes the accelerated loss or failure of skeletal muscle mass and function. An estimated ...

Discrimination on the basis of age is illegal in Australia, but we still see prejudice reflected through the way we use language and communication, according to the executive director of the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Professor Briony Dow. “What ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has been over 30 years since female hysteria was unlisted as an official diagnosis, and we have learned very little about women's health since then, according to researcher, neurologist and author Professor Cassandra Szoeke. "When people say 'women's health' ...

Digital innovation has been at the forefront of discussions around aged care reform and planning for the future ageing population. But Dr George Margelis, the chairman of the Aged Care Industry and Technology Council, is warning against innovating too fast.   He ...

Patricia Sparrow, chief executive of Aged Community Services Australia (ACSA), has announced her resignation after five years with the peak organisation. Under her leadership, Sparrow has steered ACSA through its transition into a national body, the royal commission and into ...

St Vincent’s Care Services (SVCS) recently struck a deal to buy three residential aged care facilities previously owned by PresCare. The acquisition – which serves 390 residential aged care beds, with 76 beds  in dedicated special care units for residents diagnosed ...

As care robots gain momentum in the global aged care industry, experts are raising ethical concerns over the potential impact of replacing human companionship with technology. “Once you begin to have robots that do things that humans do increasingly well, ...