Australia needs to up its game in attracting overseas aged care workers to plug staffing gaps before competition with countries like New Zealand and Canada becomes more fierce, experts say. Chief executive of the Aged Care Workforce Industry Council, Louise ...

Experts are calling for emergency government funding to prevent more aged care homes from going under. StewartBrown's latest March 2022 Sector Report reveals the financial performance of the aged care sector over the past nine months. The report showed that ...

A new film featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-led art centres celebrates the vital role of Elders in transferring culture and knowledge to emerging generations. While roughly 90 art centres are scattered around Australia, the NARI film 'Art Centres ...

Front view of The Grace. A new independent living project may become the new standard for aged care living in the future. Aptly called 'The Grace', the 18-story building located in lively inner Melbourne was built to inspire a sense ...

With nearly 65,000 aged care workers leaving the sector each year there are dire concerns for the future wellbeing of older Australians. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) released a new report last week which found staff shortages in ...

Australians over 55 are feeling insecure about their financial future and might hold off planning their retirement, a new report has found. Aged Care Insite spoke with Lead Researcher Dr Braam Lowies and Professor Kurt Lushington from the University of ...

One in five older Australians are experiencing age discrimination in the workplace affecting their mental health and creating serious obstacles in finding a new jobs. Associate Professor Alysia Blackman from the University of Melbourne says ageism and stereotyping can impact ...

Olivia Daniel and her painting of 100- year-old Helene. Fifteen-year-old Olivia Daniel likes to paint and sculpt. She used her skills this year during the South Australian edition of 'The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers' exhibition to paint Helene, a ...

Older people are being portrayed as being in ill-health, victims, or being a burden on society in the Australian media, prompting researchers to call for changes in how society thinks about ageing. A new QUT study, 'Visibility and invisibility in ...

Older people in aged care homes are twice as likely to have a fall than people living in the community. Frances Batchelor from the National Ageing Research Institute is pushing for a more individualised approach to assessing risks and preventing ...