“Here she comes!” That’s what volunteer Ruth Van Beek hears from one resident at Carinity Aged Care – Kepnock Grove almost every day as she enters the site. Van Beek was recently named Carinity’s 2015 Volunteer of the Year, recognising ...

A nine-member guild of private aged-care providers is looking for bipartisanship and policy stability in the sector to ensure future growth. Cameron O’Reilly, the new Aged Care Guild’s chief executive, said the guild wants it understood by government that the sector ...

Residential aged-care workers feel they need more support from employers to tackle dementia and depression among their patients. In a study of more than 250 residential aged-care workers in Melbourne, researchers at the Institute for Health and Ageing found that ...

The number of older women experiencing homelessness in Australia is increasing, according to the annual State of the Family report published by Anglicare Australia. This little-recognised phenomenon is linked to various social factors. The report urged immediate action to better support these ...

More than 400 Western Australian seniors are expected at a huge beach party in Perth on Thursday. The big bash, solely for people who have eclipsed the 70-year mark, is organised each year by Amana Living, a Western Australian not-for-profit provider of ...

Rates of physical and sexual abuse of elderly people in Australia are far higher than people realise. Elder abuse can involve physical, psychological, emotional, social, sexual or financial misdeeds. It can also be the result of intentional or unintentional neglect. ...

There is an ever-increasing need for aged-care professionals in Australia. At the same time, service providers struggle to recruit enough RNs for these positions. This is particularly true in rural and regional areas. Researchers from Charles Sturt University have not stood idle in ...