Four Victorian aged care providers became two this month. Mercy Health and Southern Cross Care (Vic) became fully integrated on July 1, the same day Benetas and Macedon Ranges Health amalgamated. Adjunct Professor Stephen Cornelissen, chief executive of Mercy Health Group, ...

The topics of sex and intimacy are often taboo and not normally considered when we talk about the elderly. But how does sex and intimacy differ as people age? And how can staff be inclusive of these decisions? Tracey Clark, ...

After spending many years sharing their lives together, most couples assume that when entering into aged care this living concept will remain. However, some are forced to separate for various reasons. Executive manager at Envigor Home Care in Queensland, Tracey ...

What would be your last meal? For Josino, all he wanted was lobster, but that wasn’t to be. “You know what really annoys me, if I was on death row, I could choose my last meal. Just because I’m sick, ...

Australian academics are calling for a ‘Silver Alert’ system to help locate people with dementia who are reported lost. Silver Alert systems, which are similar to the Amber variety used for missing children, operate in 18 US states. When a ...

Community nurses have been referring clients to a pharmacist to improve medication safety under an Australian pilot. The Visiting Pharmacist study saw Bolton Clarke employ two part‐time clinical pharmacists to review and reconcile clients’ medications. Pharmacists also educated clients and ...

For some, listening to the radio is a way to kill time while driving or catch up on the day’s news, but for older adults the desire to tune in might have deeper implications. In partnership with the Community Broadcasting ...

The aged care industry needs new blood. An estimated 60 per cent of the existing workforce will reach retirement age over the next 15 years and recent research from HESTA has revealed the sector is facing a potential shortfall of ...