The Australian Journal of Rural Health has released a special issue this month that focuses on growing old in rural, regional and remote Australia. Made up of 13 research papers, the journal shows that ageing is about more than just ...

American dementia expert Teepa Snow was in Australia recently to hold seminars on her ‘Positive Approach to Care Training Strategy’. The seminars are designed for aged care professionals and explores a positive approach to dementia care and the effective engagement ...

At one point in time you can imagine everyone had a garden that they relied on for food. You might be old enough to remember that, or you might do that still, but having a garden is becoming all too ...

George Aki sat in the Sydney hearing of the royal commission to give testimony, and unlike most given that day, he was fairly positive. Aki was happy with the care his father had received towards the end of his life. However, ...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) is calling for a national program that would see pharmacists embedded in aged care facilities. A report by PSA shows that 98 per cent of aged care residents have at least one medicine-related incident and ...

‘Trust. Noun. The reliance on the integrity, justice, etc of a person, or on some quality or attribute of a thing; confidence.’ That is the first definition the Macquarie Dictionary has for the word trust. There are another 22 definitions or ...

Home care package (HCP) numbers have been released by the government this year that show 129,000 are still waiting for help, up 1290 from the last report. However, the report shows that placements are trending in the right direction. As ...

Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia, and to better understand the disease research is vital. Finding willing people for trials and research can be difficult for academics and studies show that of terminated dementia clinical trials, ...