Dr Frederic Gilbert is a philosopher and ethicist in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania. He has been studying the positive and negative effects of implantable brain technologies, which are used to treat conditions including Parkinson’s Disease ...

Some health professionals in the acute sector may be apprehensive when it comes to releasing patients into the healthcare in the home system but it may be the best move for the patient. This is a key point raised by ...

The number of Australians with probable dementia will hit 1.1 million by 2056 at a cost of $36.8 billion, new figures released by the peak body for dementia show. Alzheimer’s Australia commissioned The National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling ...

Rather than pursuing traditional education methods, three nursing homes in rural Victoria have taken part in workshops that focus on valuing the participants’ knowledge, facilitating them to share their reflections with each other, as part of a study into action ...

Dr Patricia Weerakoon is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Sydney’s Medical School, and is an expert in sex education, research and therapy. To mark Valentine’s Day on Tuesday 14 February 2017, Aged Care Insite spoke with Weerakoon about ...

Most palliative care professionals agree that self-care is very important, however, a considerable proportion rarely engage with relevant strategies, a new study has found. The research, led by Jason Mills, a lecturer at Queensland University of Technology’s School of Nursing, ...

An Australian aged-care provider has set up a technology hub where staff and residents can play with and test out new devices and systems. The Feros Care hub, called The Experience Centre, was officially opened on Monday 30 January 2017 ...

COTA Australia is circulating a petition calling on new health minister Greg Hunt to reverse a 2006 decision to exclude people in aged care from a Medicare-funded mental health program. Ian Yates, chief executive of COTA Australia, said over 175,000 ...