What does it mean to age as a woman? Radio broadcaster and writer Jacinta Parsons's latest book, A question of age, dives into controversial topics such as the image of women in society and how their body and mind changes ...

Close to 60 per cent of Australia's workforce say the reforms in the new aged care bills are impossible to realise in the sector's current climate. The CompliSpace report surveyed over a thousand staff and revealed that nearly 90 per ...

Aged care providers are voicing concerns the fair work umpire's verdict on increasing staff's wages will come too late. On August 17th, the federal government handed in its submission to the Fair Work Commission (FWC), pushing for a 'meaningful and ...

Close to 20 per cent of Australian rural and remote aged care facilities may apply for an exemption to the mandated requirement to have nurses on site 24/7, due to come into effect by July next year. Associate Professor of ...

As the government lands two major aged care bills, experts warn the sector's true reform will come down to the actions of the providers. "The mere fact that things look good on paper, does not necessarily reflect the actual experience ...

Just shy of 11 weeks in office, the Albanese government's first piece of legislation to pass both houses of parliament was one of aged care's major reform bills. The Royal Commission response bill, bringing into effect 14 of the report's ...

While you can't stop birthdays from happening, you only grow old when you stop learning, Healthy Ageing Professor Laurie Buys from the Australian Catholic University says. "We start as children and, as we go about our lives, we go through ...

The National Ageing Research Institute event 'The Poetry of Grief: An original performance where music, poetry, and research meet,' aspires to support the many people feeling isolated after significant loss by engaging in music and poetry. "There's so much love ...

While Australia's ageing population is rapidly growing in number, new research suggests politicians have found the key to longevity as they are outliving the public by an average of seven years. The QUT and Oxford University study analysed data of ...

As the short-staffed aged care sector braces itself for the impending Covid peak, the government has released new measures to guide providers on handling outbreaks in residential homes. The 'winter plan' comes in response to providers' claims that the government ...