One West Australian aged care home has celebrated the birthdays of not one, but five(!) centenarians in the last month. Amana Living’s Wearne House in Mandurah marked the remarkable achievement of five residents reaching a combined age of 506 years. ...

Revered celebrity chef and aged care advocate Maggie Beer is recovering in hospital following a fall at her home in the Barossa Valley. Ms Beer, 79, suffered several injuries, including multiple fractures, according to a post on her official Instagram account by ...

Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases so far this year. New South Wales, which has ...

Ibrahim Javed, University of South Australia A recent study has suggested Shingrix, a relatively new vaccine given to protect older adults against shingles, may delay the onset of dementia. This might seem like a bizarre link, but actually, research has ...

At 79 years old Ray Martin is, statistically speaking, only a few years away from death. Yet, like many Australians, he has not given much thought to how he wishes to say his last goodbye. After discovering how little Aussies ...

Steve Macfarlane, Monash University There was disagreement on social media recently after a story was published about an aged care provider creating “fake-away” burgers that mimicked those from a fast-food chain, to a resident living with dementia. The man had ...

Joseph Ibrahim, La Trobe University Elder abuse is an emerging public health and safety issue for communities of high-income countries. The most recent data from Australia’s National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study, which surveyed 7,000 older people living in the community, ...

A new study has found that subsidised exercise classes can improve the physical and mental health of older Australians, as well as help reduce health system spending on chronic conditions. Researchers from Monash University, led by Dr Christina Ekegren, studied ...

The nation's palliative care communities are calling on Australian's to get 'dead set' today for Dying to Know Day. This year the national campaign, an initiative of home support services provider Proveda, is highlighting the "role of community in fostering ...

Jonathan Foo, Monash University and Marie-Claire O'Shea, Griffith University In the next 40 years in Australia, it’s predicted the number of Australians aged 65 and over will more than double, while the number of people aged 85 and over will ...