Owning a dog may lower your chances of disability and frailty in later life, new research suggests. Researchers from Japan and Australia analysed health data from over 11,000 seniors aged over 65 for a four year period.  They found people ...

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 ...

Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology and Laurie Buys, The University of Queensland The stark difference between an aged care “home” and a real home has been laid bare by the COVID pandemic. Residential aged care buildings are often institutionally ...

After migrating to Australia from Jordan at 18 years of age, Amal Eneziet felt it was her calling to assist others living in her community. “It was a challenge not having any family here,” the former disability support worker told ...

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 ...

Walkley award winning journalist Tracey Spicer has teamed up with support service provider Your Side to canvas the major issues facing the aged care sector. In a filmed eight part In Conversation series Spicer and Your Side chief executive Danielle ...

We don’t get up in the morning to age well, we get up to do something. Something we like doing, that lets us give back, shapes the day, broadens our circle, lifts our spirits and keeps us healthy. Sounds like ...

Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check, of the 366,000-odd aged care workers, nearly nine in 10 workers in aged care were female (87 per cent of ...

Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check, of the 366,000-odd aged care workers, nearly nine in 10 workers in aged care were female (87 per cent of ...

You receive a strange phone call from an unknown number. On the other end of the line is an automated voice that delivers an urgent warning saying that your internet will be disconnected in 24 hours. Panicked, you dial a ...