A NSW aged care worker has had her unfair dismissal claim rejected after she was sacked for refusing to have a flu jab, The Guardian reported. Jennifer Kimber, a receptionist with Imlay House in Pambula on the NSW south coast, ...

Eight million Australians are now eligible to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine as the federal government ramps up the rollout of national immunisation against COVID-19. Australians aged over 50 have been brought forward in the government’s vaccine timeline as part of ...

It is no secret that the aged care sector is approaching what could be coined as a staffing crisis. The number of direct care workers needed is predicted to increase by 70 per cent in the next 30 years. But ...

Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...

Although the exact number of people living with dementia in Australia is currently not known, it is estimated there could be as many as 472,000 Australians living with the condition. Without a medical breakthrough, this number is expected to increase ...

An infectious diseases expert is warning it could take almost four years to fully vaccinate 75 per cent of the population if Australia’s rollout does not speed up. Dr Sanjaya Senanayake is calling on health officials to improve vaccination rates, ...

In a fortnight, the government will reveal its Budget response to the royal commission’s final report, and worker and consumer representatives are this week ramping up their calls for government to act now. It’s not too much The Australian Nursing ...

A popular ABC TV program that sparked conversations about loneliness and social isolation among older adults has returned to screens for a second season. In its debut season, Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds documented a social experiment in ...

Thousands of aged care residents yet to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose have been “let down” by the federal government, Labor says. Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Thursday the Pfizer vaccine would be set aside for people aged under 50, though aged care residents would be ...

A new study has found that people who get too little sleep in their 50s and 60s could be more likely to develop dementia when they're older, reports the New York Times. The study followed the sleep of nearly 8,000 ...