ageing population
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Industry & Reform
4 out of 5 older Australians would prefer not to go into residential aged care: Survey
Older Australians are suffering from significant aged-care anxiety, with most preferring to stay in their family home, a new survey…
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News
Keeping cash crucial for older Australians
The Albanese government has released the details of a plan to ensure Australians are able to pay for essentials with…
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Specialty Focus
Reimagining where we live: Empathetic aged care design
Innovative architectural design may not be what you traditionally think of when considering residential aged care spaces. However, with the…
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News
Ageing population care sectors ‘next great test’
Aged care providers will buckle under Australia's ageing population unless swift action is taken to meet an oncoming wave of…
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Clinical Practice
Older people with HIV are twice as likely to develop ageing-related genetic changes
In breakthrough research, scientists have discovered that older people with HIV have a higher prevalence of genetic blood cell mutations. …
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Workforce
For a bigger, better workforce
Aged-care leaders share strategies for meeting the surge in demand. The workforce must gain about 78,000 employees in the next…
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Government to roll out aged care teaching centres
Nurses have welcomed the federal government’s commitment to fund new aged care teaching centres to help boost Australia’s workforce. The…
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Calls to act on kidney disease
Only one in four adults with kidney disease has been diagnosed and demand for kidney transplants and dialysis is expected…
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Emergency department demand up 37 per cent
New research has busted the myth that older people or less urgent cases are clogging up EDs. Demand for public…
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Blurring the lines between acute and aged care
The impact of an ageing population and rising cases of dementia is being deeply felt in hospital wards across Australia.…
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