A new Australian study has found that, contrary to popular belief, cholesterol lowering drugs statins do not cause memory loss and may in fact slow cognitive decline. More than 1,000 elderly individuals were assessed over a period of six years ...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is concerned Australia’s ageing population is an “economic time bomb” for the national economy. He wants older Australians to work for longer to help keep the nation afloat. However, Labor accused the treasurer of simply wanting to ...

The royal commission finished its Hobart hearing with some ideas as to how better governance can go some way to fixing the poor practices currently seen across the sector. In his concluding remarks counsel assisting Peter Rozen alluded to the ...

Independent consultants tasked with examining eight sanctioned Bupa aged care homes felt the provider was not open to scrutiny and was like a closed shop. The consultants told the royal commission into aged care they were asked by lawyers representing ...

A dental clinic providing preventative care and promoting the wellbeing of aged care residents was recognised at the HESTA Aged Care Awards this week. The Village Dentist in Castle Hill, NSW, won the Outstanding Organisation Award as recognition for providing Seniors with access ...

A Sydney aged care home has opened its doors to residents from a nearby facility, operated by a different provider, to help keep them out of harms way. The two teams worked together earlier this week when, due to the ...

A Tasmanian aged care home only cared about saving money and cutting staff hours under their “pathway to break even scheme” leaving residents neglected, the royal commission has heard. Southern Cross Care is one of Tasmania’s largest not-for-profit providers with ...

Laughter is the best medicine goes the old saying. A study from 2013 by researchers at UNSW, with help from the elder clowns from The Humour Foundation, seems to support this adage. They wanted to find out whether humour therapy ...