Finally, there is an international forum for research and debate where the problems and questions that surround unpaid care provided at home can receive attention alongside many of the other questions raised by changing policies and service systems. The International ...

Dance classes for people with Parkinson’s can help improve walking, emotional wellbeing and the capacity to tackle cognitive challenges, a study has found. Participants with early-stage Parkinson’s took one-hour dance classes twice for 12 weeks. The QUT study team looked ...

For many service providers, there comes a time when it’s essential to reorganise the business. The external environment has significantly changed, with a 40 per cent rise in new service provider entrants, a squeeze on operating margins and a changing ...

A new unit tasked with fielding cases of elder abuse or neglect has been proposed for South Australia. The state government has introduced legislation to establish the Adult Safeguarding Unit in direct response to the issues uncovered in the investigation of Oakden ...

“The 60-year-old aged care worker in Burnie is entitled to aspire to get a better job, is entitled to get a promotion, is entitled to be able to earn more money.” This is the phrase Malcolm Turnbull uttered in Parliament ...

After spending many years sharing their lives together, most couples assume that when entering into aged care this living concept will remain. However, some are forced to separate for various reasons. Executive manager at Envigor Home Care in Queensland, Tracey ...

Quelling elder abuse will be the charge of a national alliance, officially launched yesterday by Commonwealth Attorney-General Christian Porter, at an event hosted by Seniors Rights Service. The Federal Government earmarked funding for a new elder abuse peak body in ...

“I felt ashamed that I could no longer provide for my family.” A dementia advocate has shared with conference attendees his experience with a diagnosis of younger onset dementia and its impact on his sense of masculinity. Presenting on the ...