An aged care worker from Canberra stole around $80,000 from "innocent, trusting" residents and the provider she worked for. Ms Lory Jane Librando worked at the Royal Freemasons Benevolent Institution in Holt and stole from three residents, including a woman ...

Australian Capital Territory officials have been tasked to rewrite parts of the voluntary assisted dying (VAD) bill after an inquiry found phrases to be "vague". A parliamentary inquiry last week found that a person's "last stages of life" and "advanced" ...

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) became the latest jurisdiction to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation on Tuesday – with the proposed legislation differing from existing laws across Australia. The introduction of the bill comes almost a year after the federal parliament ...

The federal government has asked for feedback from caregivers, stakeholders, older people, their families, and their carers on the framework of the new Aged Care Act. Last Wednesday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), ...

On-site pharmacists conducting regular reviews in aged care could lower medication-related harm by 50 per cent, a new study has found. It’s estimated that one in five older people living in aged care homes has an adverse response to medication each ...