Dementia Australia launched its action week on Monday and wants the nation to focus on discrimination of those with dementia. “Dementia doesn’t discriminate, do you?” is the official theme this year Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe told a crowd at ...

After another horror week of revelations, aged care behemoth Bupa has made an attempt to repair its reputation by meeting with prominent aged care advocate Stewart Johnston. Last week the ABC reported that more than half of the nursing homes ...

After being a furniture maker for decades, the excitement of a new circular saw should have elated Kevyn Morris – instead it confused him. “I took it out of the box and I didn’t know how to put the blade on ...

Governor-General David Hurley has signed off on a request from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety for an extension of six months, Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has announced. Colbeck also named an additional commissioner – retired ...

Catherine Roche talked to the royal commission about her late husband, Michael Burge, who spent two years in aged care after he had a stroke aged 56. She described the difficulties she had navigating the space between the aged care system ...

Australian researchers are looking into ways to shift the weight gain associated with shift work. University of South Australia researcher Dr Crystal Yates said the nature of working at night makes it harder for people to maintain a healthy weight ...

The nurse whose call for help sparked a full-scale disaster response at a Gold Coast aged care facility also reported allegations of elder abuse to police. The complaints were levelled against three staff members, a parliamentary inquiry into the Earle ...

On day two of the Melbourne leg of the royal commission, we gained a rare insight into the thoughts of the commissioners. In a scathing indictment of the disability and aged care sectors, commissioner Lynelle Briggs called the system “a ...