Residents of IRT Kangara Waters will soon be zipping around the Canberran facility in a driverless car. The provider will trial Pod Zero, which has been designed to safely navigate private roads in residential aged care communities. Users will be ...

A new tool that measures quality of aged care has been submitted to a Senate inquiry. Flinders University’s Consumer Choice Index – 6 Dimension (CCI-6D) questionnaire was presented yesterday to the Senate Inquiry into the Effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality ...

After food, lighting is the most important environmental input for supporting physical wellbeing, the author of a new book on the subject says. David McNair, a chartered lighting engineer from the UK, says lighting needs to be well designed, thoughtful ...

A new survey of the general public has revealed shockingly low awareness and understanding of dementia, says the peak body representing people with the condition. The survey of more than 1,000 people found more than 80 per cent of Australians ...

Alzheimer’s Australia recently put out a call for people passionate about fighting dementia to walk the Kokoda Trail in aid of research and support. Registered nurse Sarah Pettenon answered. Pettenon, manager of person directed care at Lifeview Residential Care, joined ...

For the past 16 years, Margaret Jorgensen has been ensuring older people in her local community who have lost a partner are not alone. To eliminate the social isolation many elderly Australians experience, Jorgensen began the Wildflower Day Club at ...

A new survey focused on the way different sectors approach technology has revealed a mismatch between the views of firstline health workers and executives. The research, commissioned by Microsoft, highlighted an eagerness among firstline health workers to engage with technology, yet ...

Eight residents of a Floridian aged care home died after the site lost air conditioning in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, leading many people, including the state’s Governor to question why residents were not evacuated. The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood ...