We know that physical exercise helps older adults maintain fitness and cognitive function, but a new study shows how a certain type of activity could be even more beneficial: active video gaming. While we often consider gaming a pastime for ...

In an effort to meet Australia’s growing need for aged care facilities, providers are constantly on the hunt for ways to make their operations more efficient. Investment in digital technologies is an increasingly important part of this push. The deployment ...

Although the exact number of people living with dementia in Australia is currently not known, it is estimated there could be as many as 472,000 Australians living with the condition. Without a medical breakthrough, this number is expected to increase ...

The Aged Care Royal Commission report offers a glimmer of hope into fixing our aged care system, with the Government committing almost half a billion dollars in an immediate response to the 148 recommendations. While a large part of the ...

Hospitals have been using paging technology to communicate with healthcare staff members for many years. Pagers are low-maintenance and reliable, they have a long battery life, and have proved to be extremely reliable.As modern solutions have emerged, pagers have become ...

“I guess there’s a lot of pressure, pressure on us, and its, its very tiring and challenging to get breaks in and so on,” she says into her phone to no one in particular.  “We’ve had, you know, young people that have had ...

As a former nurse, it breaks my heart to know that more than 600 nurses have lost their lives fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past month, as part of the Future of Healthcare webinar series, I have spoken to ...

Curtin University is utilising games technology to create web-based video simulations aimed at helping mental health experts identify and better communicate with people contemplating suicide. As the World Health Organization points out, suicide is the second leading cause of death ...

Nurses have made headlines in the US for using social media platform TikTok to spread health information some believe is unhelpful. One such nurse was spotlighted for her video claiming that the best way to prevent STIs was to wait ...

A new “world first” virtual reality simulator is aiming to equip student nurses at the University of Newcastle with conflict resolution skills. The VR program replicates a real-world emergency room and asks students to respond to a high-pressure mock scenario. The program, ...