An aged care nurse has called for Australians to become more open in conversations about death and dying during National Palliative Care Week. Multi-award-winning palliative care nurse, Juliane Samara, highlighted the need for a cultural shift in society about mortality ...

The NSW police officer who allegedly tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland has been charged after the beloved great-grandmother died in Cooma Base Hospital last night. Last Wednesday, two Monaro Police District officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in the Snowy Mountains ...

Concerns are mounting among industry experts about the government's lack of enforceable rules to ensure the pay rise funds are distributed fairly. The Australian government committed $11.3bn over five years to fund the 15 per cent pay rise and on-costs ...

Penelope Marshall has become the first-ever aged care representative of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).  With over 25 years in healthcare, Ms Marshall worked the majority as the national manager of patient safety and clinical risk for ...

A new study has highlighted the importance of personal possessions in designing communal areas to create a sense of belonging for its residents. The QUT School of Design and Sheffield Hallam University study in the UK explored the link between personal items ...

A 95-year-old woman has been hospitalised after being tasered by police inside a NSW aged care home.  Police officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in Cooma at around 4:15 am on Wednesday after staff reportedly found resident Clare Nowland with ...

A leading aged care provider in Western Australia has become the first to sign the labour agreement to fast-track the entry of overseas workers. Perth-based Curtin Heritage Living signed the agreement with the United Workers Union (UWU) to offer 570 ...

A Victorian initiative is improving the wellbeing of isolated older people through a new social prescribing model.  Connect Local, launched by Bolton Clarke Research Institute, is a community-based social connection model that was first introduced in Melbourne's Glen Eira earlier ...

Six residents from aged care provider Uniting NSW.ACT braved the heights of the Sydney Tower Eye last Monday. Joined by four carers, the group looked onto the emerald city in the 360-degree observation deck and then ventured on the open-air ...

Southwest Queensland will welcome four new residential aged care spaces following a federal and state $12.87m investment into regional healthcare. On Friday, the QLD Palaszczuk government and the Commonwealth announced health communities in Cunnamulla, Injune, Surat, and Augathella would expand ...