A commitment to keep residents out of hospital while still providing proper care was at the heart of the work recognised at this year’s HESTA Aged Care Awards. The organisations and professionals recognised each decided to make changes to the ...

It may seem unlikely that drones, droids and robots would have much to do with wound care, but they encompass the theme of this year’s National Science Week, which Wounds Australia (Qld) has embraced as the basis for an upcoming ...

Barry Dawes sits at the Apex Cafe on Darlinghurst Road in Kings Cross. In front of him is a latte. The scene couldn’t be more different from the last day he spent in Sydney’s notorious red light district and epicentre of ...

Older Australians are using sleeping tablets for longer than what’s recommended and may be better off laying off them altogether, recent research has found. The study, published in the journal Australian Family Physician, found that patients were often unaware of the side ...

Australian aged-care providers are beginning to roll out a dementia care model focusing on enablement and independence. The Butterfly Household Care Model was originally pioneered in the United Kingdom by Dementia Care Matters and aims to facilitate care guided by ...

Aged-care workers don’t get a day off when severe weather rolls in. Through heavy rain, strong winds and even extreme heat, health professionals and management must find ways to provide the care needed and address unexpected problems as they arise. This was ...

Funding and resource shortfalls. Staffing shortfalls. Skillmix and knowledge deficits. These were some of the barriers to care delivery identified by RNs and enrolled nurses working in rural aged care, as part of a study exploring their perceptions of the ...

As the remaining votes in the federal election are being counted, COTA Australia chief executive Ian Yates is rejecting concerns a hung parliament would make it difficult for policy that improves the lives of older Australians to take effect. Yates ...