A new program is aiming to deter stigma about dementia for Chinese Australians in hopes of reaching out to get an early diagnosis. A team of researchers from the University of Sydney (USYD) have launched a simplified Chinese website Face ...

Developed by Central Queensland University (CQU) and funded by the Queensland government, the Early Recognition and Response to Deterioration in the Older Adult (EDDIE) program is free, and teaches aged care workers additional skills and knowledge to assist them in ...

A new study has suggested a tiny particle found in air pollution can induce signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Led by UTS, the study found early-onset Alzheimer's can be influenced by air pollution such as diesel emissions and, more ...

A new study has found older patients who experience delirium are three times more likely to develop dementia. Researchers from the University of Queensland also found that every episode of delirium increased the chance of developing dementia by 20 per ...

A new study by James Cook University is trialling a framework that has the potential to reduce the risk of falls in older Australians by 40 per cent if proven successful. Set to begin this year, the five-year study will ...

A Victorian aged care and high school’s intergenerational program has reached a new level of success. Dubbed the iGEN program, students from Catherine McAuley College are paired up with residents from Mercy Health Bethlehem and Mercy Health’s senior living community, ...

Tanya Davison, Swinburne University of Technology and Sunil Bhar, Swinburne University of Technology While many people maintain positive emotional wellbeing as they age, around half of older Australians living in residential aged care have significant levels of depression. Symptoms such ...

Last week, the long-awaited Aged Care Taskforce report was released, with recommendations including a wealth-based funding approach to ensure financial longevity in the sector. A total of $23.6bn was spent on aged care in 2020-21, which increased to $24.8bn in ...

A new study will investigate how Australia's aged care sector can enhance service delivery to cover a wider demographic of gender and sexual diversity. Led by Southern Cross University professor Mark Hughes, the research project is set to break "new ...

A new study has found that only 11 per cent of Japanese aged-care residents are prescribed regular painkiller medications, compared to Australia's 74 per cent. Furthermore, the use of opioid painkiller medications was found to be 30 times higher in ...