Hollywood actor Bruce Willis’ recent announcement to retire from film work due to aphasia has sparked a worldwide discussion about the life-altering effects of living with a neurodegenerative disease. Over 43 per cent of older people in Australia suffer from ...

One of the aged care sector's most outspoken advocates has announced she will enter the race to replace Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt in the independent seat of Flinders during the upcoming election. Director of Aged Care Matters ...

Grief is a universal response to a significant loss or death of a loved one, but for some, the chronic physical and emotional symptoms of mourning can persist for years. A new survey of 633 bereaved older adults found that ...

As news headlines and political debates about Australia's embattled aged care sector rage on, frontline staff have been entirely left out of the conversation according to industry advocates. After 12 years in the industry, former aged care nurse and aged ...

Aged care policy experts are calling on the federal and state government to introduce a stewardship based model to fix the nation's rural, regional and remote aged care sector.  Recent figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show ...

During the first year of COVID-19, researchers installed smart home technologies into the households of older people to observe how digital devices impacted their lives. Smart Homes for Seniors, directed by Professor Sarah Pink, captured this journey through the eyes ...

Leading advocates are in talks with the federal government about implementing the first recommendation of the royal commission, a new Aged Care Act. A coalition of 25 peak bodies, including the Older Person’s Advocacy Network (OPAN), has said that they ...

A raft of new legislative changes have been made to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) amid an ongoing senate inquiry into the future of the controversial program. Griffith University researchers Professor Michele Foster and Associate Professor Kylie Burns are ...

A new independent review into the handling of COVID-19 in residential care has identified the key factors which make staff and residents more vulnerable to severe outbreaks. The report, titled ‘No Time for Complacency’, contained a number of in-depth interviews, ...

Only 3.8 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes are on track to meet the government’s new staffing standards set for 2023, a new study has found.  As part of the federal response to the royal commission, providers must ...