Can an aged care facility, particularly one designed for residents living with dementia, feel anything but institutional? With a thoughtful approach to interior design, the answer is most certainly yes, even for developers whose budgets are modest. Australia is experiencing ...

Properly staffing aged care facilities with an adequate nursing skill mix and at least four hours and 18 minutes per-patient per-day care minimum would not cost the sector anything more than it currently outlays. That’s according to a report presented ...

They say wisdom comes with age and with experience. Dr David Bottomley is getting a double dose of it, having recently completed his thesis at 94. Bottomley now holds the title of ‘oldest PhD graduate in Australian history’. When he speaks, ...

Creating care environments that better support the verbalisation and expression of sexual preference, need and desire is at the heart of newly funded Australian research. Dr Cindy Jones from Bond University has been granted a $75,000 share of the $1 ...

A new program, developed by Dementia Support Australia (DSA) and HammondCare, is aiming to create dementia experts among the provider’s workforce. As it stands, dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia, contributing to 5.4 per cent of ...

The second day of the aged care royal commission threw up a few ageing stats and a few gripes in another day where the background problems are being laid bare for commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Richard Tracey. On the first ...

“I’m sure if I had taken Bob to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in the state he was in, I would have been reported to the police.” That’s how Oakden whistleblower Barbara Spriggs recounted the injuries her late husband sustained at the ...

As a royal commission into Australia’s aged care industry kicks into gear, the federal government has announced funding for the sector to the tune of $662 million. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday announced every Australian living in residential aged ...