Australian researchers have put claims made by the companies behind brain training programs to the test and have found some may not be backed up by trials into their effectiveness. Researchers from Edith Cowan University examined the scientific claims made ...

People with Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and chronic airways disease; those from migrant groups; and Indigenous people will all have their say on death and dying as part of a new Australian research project. Led by University of Adelaide researcher Dr ...

More than half a million dollars will be spent advancing a program that sees dental hygienists and oral health therapists placed in Australian aged care facilities. Researchers from the University of Newcastle, led by Dr Janet Wallace, were successful in ...

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 ...