With the temperature hitting 32 degrees, 17,000 people took to the city's streets on Sunday to run 42.195km in the Sydney Marathon, including one eager 20-year-old from Wollongong, who set her mind to raising money for Dementia Australia. Participants ran ...

A major bank has made the shock decision to scrap cash in all of its branches across Australia, in what could be another step towards a cashless society. Macquarie Bank has announced it will phase cash out across its branches ...

New data from the Department of Health has revealed more than 30 aged care homes in New South Wales were falling below ‘acceptable’ standards. As part of the latest star ratings released in August, aged care homes in NSW were ...

Ruth McCausland, UNSW Sydney; Peta MacGillivray, UNSW Sydney; Sacha Kendall Jamieson, University of Sydney, and Virginia Robinson, Indigenous Knowledge The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recognised the aged care system has failed to provide culturally safe care ...

As part of research into ageism's effect on older people's health, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) held educational workshops that saw 90 per cent of its participants rethink the way they communicated with old people. Evaluations conducted both immediately ...

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has opened scholarships to help boost the aged care workforce. Last week, scholarship applications for aged care nursing and allied health opened at ACN – a move labelled by ACN as “vital”. ACN’s chief, ...

Older residents have been warned to stay inside today after Sydney woke to a thick blanket of smoke smothering the city after hazard reduction burns were conducted over the weekend. The smoke is a result of burns that were conducted ...

Dementia Australia (DA) is asking the families, carers and doctors of those living with dementia to start the conversation about voting in the upcoming referendum. DA chief Maree McCabe AM said each family should make a decision depending on their ...

According to recent data, theft was the number one crime in nursing homes. In the year to March 2023, aged-care facilities saw more thefts than any other crimes – with nursing homes in Monash being targeted the most. Recent data ...

Police are waiting on a crucial report that will reveal the cause of death for Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old woman who died days after she was allegedly tasered by a police officer. Senior constable Kristian James White had previously appeared ...