The challenges facing the aged-care workforce at a time of an ageing population will be examined by a parliamentary inquiry. Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said the sector faces challenges such as struggling to attract and retain aged-care workers. The inquiry will ...

Keeping residents’ spirits up and engaging them with complementary therapies were at the heart of work by nominees for the MOA Benchmarking Community Service in Aged Care Award, which recognises medical and health professionals or volunteers who are supporting the health and ...

Residential aged-care workers feel they need more support from employers to tackle dementia and depression among their patients. In a study of more than 250 residential aged-care workers in Melbourne, researchers at the Institute for Health and Ageing found that ...

An aged-care nurse who spearheaded efforts to ensure the safety and care of her residents during severe storms that lashed the NSW Lake Macquarie region has been named Australia’s Nurse of the Year. Catrin Dittmar, a nurse at the RSL ...

There is an ever-increasing need for aged-care professionals in Australia. At the same time, service providers struggle to recruit enough RNs for these positions. This is particularly true in rural and regional areas. Researchers from Charles Sturt University have not stood idle in ...

Health Minister Sussan Ley has been accused of ignoring the need to improve aged-care worker pay after she recently dismissed previous efforts by governments to address remuneration within the sector as meddling. In an interview published by The Australian, Ley ...

While studying aged care, dementia was the one area that Michael Preston did not want to be involved with. Now a recent graduate of the University of Tasmania’s newly-created associate degree in dementia care, it’s clear it has become his ...

The newly minted Turnbull ministry has come under fire for its failure to include a designated minister for either ageing or aged care. Despite sweeping changes to the structure of various portfolios as part of Turnbull’s new cabinet arrangements, aged ...