Sarah Holland-Batt's latest book The Jaguar contains an intimate collection of poems about the decline of her father and the impact grief has had on her. "It's a reckoning with the changes that someone can go through over the course ...

New research has found that older people with poor eyesight might be mistakenly diagnosed with cognitive impairment. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects one in seven people over the age of 50 and is the leading cause of blindness. During cognitive ...

Experts have said aged care providers will face considerable challenges when voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws come into force in 2023. The bill was recently passed in the NSW parliament after decades of debate and will allow those who are ...

Aged care reform was a major centrepiece of Labor’s federal election campaign, and is expected to be a key priority of new prime minister Anthony Albanese. Following his victory, the new leader asserted his pledge to the sector, telling his ...

With Australia’s unemployment rate at its lowest level for more than 40 years, bringing the prospect of rising wages, higher inflation and climbing interest rates with it, the solution to the workforce shortage problem is staring right at all of ...

Alwyn Gordon has found that she doesn't mind living in residential aged care. After a stroke, Alwyn was told she needed to move into a home and, at first, didn't like the idea of leaving her house behind. Now, she ...

More than 100 aged care residents escaped without injury after a fire broke out at a nursing home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on Sunday. Country Fire Authority firefighters were called to the nursing home at Graf Rd, Somerville shortly after 8am. The cause of the blaze ...

Researchers from the University of South Australia are calling for an increase in on-site pharmacist visits for residential aged care. Each month, one in five older people living in aged care homes has an adverse response to medication while over half of ...

Aged care homes continue to run at a financial loss despite raised home care packages and federal funding. According to the latest UTS Australia's Aged Care Report, providers are facing financial threats due to significant challenges. "Across the sector, the ...

Terminally ill people in NSW will have access to euthnasisa in a landmark decision handed down by state parliament yesterday.  The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 passed the NSW upper house on Thursday, receiving 23 votes in favour and 15 ...