The number of subscribers to a YouTube channel dedicated to over 55s has risen, and the production team said seniors are flocking to the video-sharing site. The IRT Foundation launched The Good Life last year and it recently hit 500 subscribers. ...

An Australian research team is working on a non-intrusive home monitoring device that sends alerts to carers when loved ones are inactive for abnormally long periods of time. The monitoring devices are housed in boxes the shape of a small ...

There are heavy demands on organisations with limited resources; the right systems can provide the efficiency to meet the challenge. By Steve Liliopoulos Australia’s aged-care industry’s number one challenge is the country’s rapidly ageing population, the Community Services and Health ...

Two prominent names in ICT in the aged-care sector were honoured at a gala dinner last week. Rod Young, a member of the NSW Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing and Suri Ramanathan, a member and former chairman of the Aged ...

  IT investment should be at the top of board decisions in community care, especially when operating in the consumer engagement economy. In the corporate world, “more with less” has been the primary management mantra for nearly two decades. In ...

Many clinicians are struggling to engage patients who have chronic diseases in their own care, and basic challenges such as staying on top of appointments and understanding care plans remain a concern. These were some of the key messages from ...

There are myriad safety and privacy concerns to consider as the explosion of pictures on social media continues. By Kirra Pendergast More than 10 per cent of all images captured in the two centuries of photographic history were taken in ...

A parliamentary committee has been labelled “dangerously naive” after giving its tick of approval to electronic health records for all Australians. A Senate inquiry has recommended that proposed legislation to reboot Australia’s current e-health system and switch it from an ...