It’s well known that exercise is a key element to living a long and healthy life. According to a recent Harvard study, it can help with cholesterol levels, reduce the chances of having a heart attack, ward off dementia and ...

Whiddon is a large not-for-profit organisation that operates residential aged care, community care and retirement living, with 19 facilities scattered throughout NSW and parts of Queensland. Whiddon has been a proponent of the person-centred care model since 2015, its chief executive ...

Private aged care providers operating in Queensland will be asked to publicly report staffing information. If they don’t, it may be published for them, should legislation proposed by the State Government go ahead. The move by premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ...

The reason behind why dozens of Gold Coast nursing home patients were left to fend for themselves during a pay dispute may be dissected in the aged care royal commission. Residents were evacuated from the Earle Haven Retirement Village last ...

A hospital in Sydney’s west has launched a scheme aimed at reducing the stress and pain of osteoarthritis. Described as a ‘one-stop shop’, the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) at Auburn Hospital allows patients to see a range of different ...

Reusing half-eaten food, reheating food in a cold bain-marie and maggot-infested rubbish are among the poor food practices in aged care facilities revealed at the royal commission in Cairns this week. The commission heard from a panel of aged care ...

A man who falsely claimed to be a nursing director at an aged care facility has been fined $60,000. The Victorian man was convicted in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court last week of charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation ...

New “exciting” research coming out of the UK has found that a healthy lifestyle, which includes physical activity and low alcohol consumption, can significantly lower the risk of dementia, regardless of a genetic predisposition to the disease. The University of Exeter-led ...