The Bondi cluster has claimed its youngest victim to date, as an otherwise young, fit and healthy man from Liverpool died of COVID-19 on Tuesday. NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant announced on Wednesday the sudden death of a 27-year-old ...
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Over 80 not ‘over the hill’: how to make ageing meaningful
Old age is not the end. At a time when meaningful ageing is a buzz term in aged care, researchers say that remaining engaged with meaningful activities as we get older can help us achieve just that. International experts led ...
More »The largest trade deal in history: a threat to aged care reform?
A new free trade deal could make it more difficult to improve conditions in aged care, experts have warned. Australia, along with 14 other countries including China, New Zealand, Japan and Indonesia, signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) ...
More »L’amour is in the air for couples at Lifeview as they reconnect over fine wines and candlelight
On a Thursday evening last month, seven married couples living in Lifeview’s residential aged care home were treated to a night of fine dining and romance. Staff dressed in white shirts and bowties, tables were lit with candles and decorated ...
More »Increasing waistline increases your dementia risk
Harmful body fat could increase your risk of dementia, Australian researchers have found. Researchers at the University of South Australia looked at the grey brain matter of about 28,000 people, and saw that increased body fat incrementally leads to increased ...
More »12 Covid-19 cases at Hardi Aged Care facility at Summer Hill
Hardi Aged Care at Summer Hill has been revealed as the aged care facility in Sydney’s inner west that is experiencing a Covid-19 outbreak. The facility, on Grosvenor Crescent, has now reported 12 cases of coronavirus after NSW registered 239 local infections overnight. An asymptomatic worker ...
More »Hearing impairment linked to increased dementia risk
A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford has found that the risk of dementia is higher for those with hearing impairment. A major component of hearing impairment is difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments and the study ...
More »Oral health in aged care: a broken system – opinion
Dental Health Week (2-8 August) puts a focus on oral care both for those at home and in residential aged care. For the ADA it’s a system that’s in need of urgent attention but for which it also has a ...
More »Increase in psychotropic meds linked to GP changes
People with dementia entering aged care experience higher increases in medication when changing GPs, a recent study has found. UNSW researchers analysed data from 2,250 people with dementia who had entered residential care from the Saxs Institute's 45 and Up ...
More »‘Optimal ageing’ training centre granted federal funding boost
Earlier this week the Australian Research Council (ARC) awarded Monash University $4.8 million in funding to develop a new training centre for optimal ageing. The centre will focus on developing emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, digital health apps, and sensors ...
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