Salutogenic design is a buzz phrase in the aged care space, but do we really know what it is? More commonly known as dementia-friendly design, it is a catch-all term easily described as design that makes life better for those with dementia. The ...

Residential aged care facilities can be doing more to treat osteoporosis and can do better to prevent falls and osteoporosis-related fractures. These are the conclusions from a new study looking at anti-osteoporosis medication use in aged care. The study also ...

Deakin University has announced a new Institute for Health Transformation with the aim to “guide a transformation of the way Australian health and care is promoted, designed and delivered”. The institute will bring together more than 200 academics and researchers ...

In the five-year period between 2011–12 and 2015–16 there was a nearly 30 per cent growth in palliative care hospitalisation. Add to this the 160,00 Australians who die each year – 70 per cent due to expected causes – a ...

Bidyadanga is a small town in the Kimberley region of WA. Approximately 1590km north of Perth and 180km south of Broome. It is the definition of a remote Aussie town. It’s home to around 800 people with five different language groups, and ...

“Neither party has taken it particularly seriously,” John Pollaers tells the crowd. Speaking prior to the election at the Informa National Dementia Conference, Pollaers laments the state of politics and, more broadly, community engagement in the aged care sector. It’s ...

In the wake of the Royal Commission and a perceived skills shortage in the sector, the University of Wollongong, in partnership with Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, have released the Gerontological Nursing Competencies (GNCs) framework. The framework provides an evidence-based ...

The inaugural Health Minister’s award for nursing trailblazers has been awarded to a Canberra nurse for her work in improving the delivery of palliative care to Australians living in residential aged care. Nikki Johnston, a palliative care nurse practitioner based ...