“[The chef] had been here nearly 20 years and he was doing things the same way the day he left as the day he started and he couldn’t see an issue with that.” The above quote, included in a study ...

Nearly half the people living in residential aged care present significant symptoms of depression but routine screening and access to appropriate services are lacking. To address this concern, Swinburne University Associate Professor Sunil Bhar was recently awarded just under $1 ...

Sex and intimacy are now being spoken about more in residential care, but what happens when older adults and those with disability need to access this in the form of sex work? “People forget that we’re all getting older but ...

A poor team culture and individuals who lacked leadership met Yulunda Matau when she joined Amana Living’s James Brown Care Centre in Osborne Park, Western Australia. Fast forward just under two years and Matau was awarded HESTA’s Individual Distinction Award ...

Senators are being urged to scrap “undemocratic” laws blocking Australian territories from legalising voluntary euthanasia. Legislation passed by the federal parliament two decades ago banned the ACT and North Territory controlling their own assisted dying laws. The chief ministers of ...

Nurses in Sydney’s west have this week joined to demand employer Allity Aged Care put forward an updated enterprise agreement that meets their expectations. The provider’s aged care nurses met in their own time outside Allity’s Beechwood Aged Care facility ...

People newly diagnosed with dementia will have access to coaching and peer support under a University of Sydney trial. Researchers hope the move will help those who receive a diagnosis process the news, and stay active and involved in their ...

James Bond had a ring with a camera inside it. Inspector Gadget had a bowler’s hat with an extendable propeller. Maxwell Smart had a shoe phone. And now Australia’s seniors could be getting about using a walking stick with GPS ...