Australian lawn bowlers will learn about skin care, nutrition and positive ageing in between games as part of a new partnership between RDNS and Bowls Australia. As part of the team up, RDNS nurses and educators will provide health and ...

A dementia-friendly garden has opened to residents at the IRT Sarah Claydon Care Centre. The space, dubbed The Laughter Garden, resembles an Australian backyard and streetscape and aims to provide a familiar environment for residents with dementia to enjoy. IRT ...

Sydney Nursing School researchers have been awarded a $200,000 grant at the NSW Cardiovascular Research Network State of the Heart Showcase and Awards ceremony. The funding will allow the University of Sydney team to further research stroke prevention through early ...

A Queensland aged-care provider has switched three aged-care communities to solar power under a $1.1 million plan that will have most of its sites relying on renewable energy by the end of the year. Carinity plans to begin converting another ...

“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 ...