The aged care system remains a heated topic as the pandemic, the upcoming election and the Royal Commission's report continue to apply pressure on the sector. A new book, Healthy Ageing and Aged Care, released this month, takes an interdisciplinary ...

No decision has been made as yet in NSW on whether Volunteer Assisted Dying (VAD) will be legalised. While the bill passed the lower house last year, there are concerns about restrictions on time allocated to its debate in the ...

In early June the NSW Legislative Committee published its final inquiry into the issue of chronic understaffing in aged care facilities. It found, as did the royal commission, that mandated staffing ratios and more registered nurses were urgently required. When ...

What if hospital waste could be broken down and used in agriculture or water treatment? That’s the idea Australian researchers are working to make reality. A team from Charles Sturt University, James Cook University (JCU) and the University of Queensland (UQ) ...