Delirium is one of the most prevalent clinical syndromes at the end of life, yet it is often missed and undertreated, a palliative care expert has said. Dr Meera Agar, associate professor at the University of New South Wales and ...

When people who have made things with their hands their entire lives reach late-stage dementia, they often sit still with nothing to occupy them. Addressing this is the key to an international research project. Researchers in the UK and Australia have partnered to ...

A program that sparks discussions between trained art guides and people with dementia will be able to reach more people through additional funding. Art and Dementia has been running at the Art Gallery of NSW since 2010. The gallery has 40 ...

An Australian research team has tested a Canadian practical survey tool that aims to help employers improve health and safety in the workplace – with promising results. WorkSafe Victoria asked the research team to try to identify a simple, practical tool ...

An Australian study has found that having thoughts of homicide is a real  phenomenon among family members who care for people with dementia. Twenty-one Australian carers took part in the study. Two participants reported actively contemplating killing the person they were caring for; ...

People who live alone are more at risk of being admitted to hospital and staying there longer. Professor Jane Hall, of the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology, Sydney, said living alone increases the ...

Older Chinese Australians are at greater risk of depression than other older people, recent research has found. The study from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), conducted with funding from beyondblue, found that 1 in 5 older Chinese immigrants had clinically significant symptoms ...

Nearly 800 hospitals around the world have enrolled in a study of the use of drips in patients. More than 100 Australian hospitals signed up to the One Million Global (OMG) Peripheral Intravenous Catheters’ study, including the Sunshine Coast’s Nambour ...