The first of the nation’s baby boomers are turning 75 this year and, as they grow older, the one-size fits all approach will no longer work in the aged care industry. If they don’t already, residents will expect greater flexibility ...

What a difference a few months can make. Experts here in Australia and around the world have been putting up a convincing use case for telehealth for close on three decades now. They know it can improve access to healthcare ...

Valuable data routinely collected in residential aged care is being lost because providers are gathering and recording it in different ways. That’s the issue a team of Australian researchers are hoping to overcome with the Aged Care Data Compare project. ...

Getting exercise and staying mentally engaged is often challenging as we age, and aged care homes are always coming up with new and interesting ways of keeping their communities engaged and healthy. Companies around Australia are also working to that ...

New Australian research has found that the more social interactions aged care recipients have, the better their cognitive function. And researchers argue that the government should help keep aged care residents socially engaged using technology. Academics from Macquarie University, along ...

Academics are drawing links between ageism in society and increased instances of elder abuse. To combat this, a collaboration between researchers from Swinburne University and Eastern Community Legal Centre has developed a slew of digital stories to help dispel myths ...

The current restrictions placed on our social lives offers a prime opportunity for older Australians to take advantage of new technologies aimed at staying socially connected. That is according to CQUniversity researcher Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow Dr Lynne Parkinson, who ...

The Office of eSafety is reaching out to high school students to assist in increasing digital literacy for older Australians and building intergenerational relationships. The Be Connected Young Mentors Program has just finished being trialled across Australia, with the official ...