A new scheme to allow visitors into aged care homes through a COVID-19 lockdown has been drafted in the wake of mounting reports of residents being left in extended isolation.  The Council on the Ageing (COTA) announced an essential visitors ...

Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check, of the 366,000-odd aged care workers, nearly nine in 10 workers in aged care were female (87 per cent of ...

Australia has ratified one of the largest trade agreements in history despite concerns that it may deter reform to the aged care system. Federal parliament passed the enabling legislation for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), without making aged care ...

A WA nurse has been arrested on suspicion of 'administering' fake COVID-19 vaccinations. The 51-year-old female RN has been charged in "relation to the fraudulent recording of vaccine information" according to a statement from the Western Australia Police Force. On ...

Australia’s booster shot program officially commences across the country today, with fully vaccinated adults aged over 18 who had their second shot six months ago rolling up their sleeves once again. Aged care and disability facilities residents and staff will be among the first ...

Older adults who enjoy one alcoholic drink a day may have a lower risk of developing heart disease, according to a landmark Monash-led study.  Researchers analysed the alcohol intake of 18,000 healthy adults aged in their mid-70s for over four ...

Over 30 years after homosexuality was decriminalised in South Australia, one of the state’s leading care services pledged to create a safer environment for LGBTIQ+ residents, families and staff.  Eldercare, a non profit organisation, introduced the ElderPRIDE project in 2017 ...

Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have late night sleep disturbances and how we can avoid it. Professor Greg Murray, a clinical psychologist and director of the ...

Women make up the absolute majority of the healthcare workforce in Australia. It is not even close. At last check, of the 366,000-odd aged care workers, nearly nine in 10 workers in aged care were female (87 per cent of ...

The pandemic has impacted many of us around the world, especially the frontline healthcare workers, myself included, as a pain physician in Melbourne. Politicians talk about revitalisation post-COVID-19 but they fail to talk about the emotional pain that the frontline ...