“Neither party has taken it particularly seriously,” John Pollaers tells the crowd. Speaking prior to the election at the Informa National Dementia Conference, Pollaers laments the state of politics and, more broadly, community engagement in the aged care sector. It’s ...

In the wake of the Royal Commission and a perceived skills shortage in the sector, the University of Wollongong, in partnership with Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, have released the Gerontological Nursing Competencies (GNCs) framework. The framework provides an evidence-based ...

The inaugural Health Minister’s award for nursing trailblazers has been awarded to a Canberra nurse for her work in improving the delivery of palliative care to Australians living in residential aged care. Nikki Johnston, a palliative care nurse practitioner based ...

“My kids will kill me for this,” Dan Levitt told the nurses in the crowd at his Australian Healthcare Week talk. “DAY-OH” he sings. The tickled crowd responds in kind. “DAYYYY-OOOHHH,” he continues and goes on to complete the attempt ...

A new program, developed by Dementia Support Australia (DSA) and HammondCare, is aiming to create dementia experts among the provider’s workforce. As it stands, dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia, contributing to 5.4 per cent of ...

In 2016, the National Mental Health Commission reported that the cost of mental ill-health to each Australian taxpayer is about $4000 a year, and more than $60 billion a year to the nation as a whole. Couple this with the ...

A social advocacy organisation has called for urgent upgrading of employment services following the release the 2018 Jobs Availability Snapshot. Executive director of Anglicare Australia Kasy Chambers said that a new approach was needed to help people find work. “The job ...

The recent announcement of a Royal Commission into aged care has brought issues of the staffing levels and skill mix of residential aged care facilities into focus. Demand for aged care services is increasing due to the ageing of the ...