Artificial intelligence can be used break down language barriers between health practitioners and residents and help to personalise individual healthcare plans. ChatGPT, a chatbot which makes predictions based on a vast dataset of words and natural human dialogues, gained over ...

In a sector that epitomises meaningful work, it's only recently that technology has emerged that can aid staff and facilities to focus more on frontline care. Meaningful work, as a concept, has been discussed in academic, people and cultural circles ...

A year-long government trial of closed-circuit television (CCTV) monitoring in aged care has been scrapped after it generated more than 12,000 false reports, according to an independent review. Artificial intelligence technology, cameras and sound devices were installed in residents' rooms ...

Caring for our ageing population has been nothing short of a challenge in recent years – from the issues which urged the Australian Government to hand down the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, to the COVID-19 pandemic that ...

With technology increasingly becoming a pertinent term in our lives, particularly in a post-COVID landscape, adopting digital approaches within the aged care sector is becoming progressively more important every passing year. Indeed, it’s no secret that the utilisation of technology ...

Technology will be key to fix the “structural deficiencies” in Australia’s aged care sector and providers must improve their digital maturity in the next phase of system reform, experts have said. A new report by the RMIT-Cisco Health Transformation Lab ...

The World Health Organization defines a fall as ‘an event that results in a person coming to rest inadvertently on the ground, floor, or other lower level’. Understandably, falls throughout aged care are a major concern worldwide, with an estimated ...

The wellbeing of older people in residential aged care might improve soon due to the development of new health monitoring technologies. Together with the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN) and Australian small businesses, a project has started to innovative those ...

The Federal Opposition has put the future funding of the nation’s aged care system at the centre of its pitch to voters in the upcoming election. In his budget reply speech, Anthony Albanese pledged to spend an extra $2.5bn fixing the ...

Australia’s experience with the coronavirus has demonstrated how rapidly viruses can spread within the community and the devastating impact it can have in vulnerable settings, such as aged care homes. As case numbers fluctuate and some restrictions continue, Australia’s already-pressured ...