The Montessori method of education was developed by the Italian physician, anthropologist and pedagogue Maria Montessori in the early 20th Century. The philosophy centres around a child’s innate abilities. It is often described as a way of learning by doing and is ...

Pressure injuries are expensive for our health system, hugely distressing for patients and, most of all, preventable and predictable. That is according to UTS professor of nursing Debra Jackson. “They are so distressing,” she said. “Once a person gets a ...

Rural dementia carers find support hard to come by, phone numbers hard to find and often feel that local clinicians aren’t always helpful. The head of La Trobe’s John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, Professor Irene Blackberry, said: “Often ...

The federal member for Mayo, Rebekha Sharkie, has recently announced that she will advocate for a $1000 dental voucher for pensioners as part of her 2019 federal election campaign. This echoes calls from the Benevolent Society, which has been campaigning ...

Technology is increasingly making our lives easier: food delivered to your door at the touch of a button, movies on demand day or night, and of course, never having to read a map when driving is pretty nifty. But government ...

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day. With that in mind, the Melbourne Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation has launched some new research aimed at gaining insight into the issues women face as they grow older. The research, entitled ‘Vital Conversations with Older Women Living ...

Late last month the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt announced new steps to improve aged care for LGBTI seniors. The Aged Care Diversity Action Plan for senior LGBTI Australians is aimed at catering to the needs of ...

Associate professor Eddy Strivens gave witness testimony to the first hearing of the Royal Commission. As the president of the Australia New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine, Strivens was called to give background on some issues facing the sector and, ...