A 50-year-old Perth man has faced court charged with murdering a nurse just weeks before she was due to give birth to her fourth child. Janet Dweh, 36, was found dead in her home on Mataro Drive in Dayton by a family ...

Only 3.8 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes are on track to meet the government’s new staffing standards set for 2023, a new study has found.  As part of the federal response to the royal commission, providers must ...

A fresh legal challenge to Covid-19 vaccination mandates for health workers in NSW is “very different” to the two lawsuits knocked back last week, a court has been told. John Edward Larter, a paramedic and deputy mayor of the Snowy Valleys Council, ...

As I’ve written previously, cyber attacks on the healthcare sector are on the rise. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported cyber security incidents relating to the Australian healthcare sector increased by 85 per cent in 2020. The health sector ...

Australians receiving the disability support pension (DSP) are finding the process burdensome and extremely stressful, according to new research from Monash University. Researchers asked 518 people who are applying or receiving the DSP about their experience and the way it ...

Adding extra dairy into the diets of residents can drastically reduce fractures and falls in aged care, according to a new study. A two year trial — carried out by the University of Melbourne and Austin Health — tested the ...

After serving dishes in exclusive resorts and fine dining restaurants, French chef Stephan Blant said that working in residential care has offered a different type of reward.   “It’s life changing,” he told Aged Care Insite. “Unlike in a hotel, where ...

As the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, tabled in March this year, noted, “culture is the key determinant of an organisation’s performance and ability to meet its objectives.”1 After eighteen months of ‘survival ...

A Queensland couple has launched a new home care franchise to meet the increasing demand for quality aged and disability care in their regional town.  Liz and Harry Jackson launched the Nurse Next Door home care service in Toowoomba to ...

After fears that the mandatory vaccination rules may cause havoc among the aged care sector, Health Minister Greg Hunt has revealed that nearly 100 per cent of the workforce is now fully vaccinated. In a speech to parliament on Tuesday, ...