Queensland aged care facility, Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities opened an on-site GP office to help residents get immediate access to medical care. Hailed as a pioneering initiative by staff and residents, the on-site clinic hosts a team of two attending ...

A new online tool used to determine a person’s risk of developing dementia in just 20 minutes has proven to be effective, according to Australian researchers. Experts from UNSW collaborated with Neuroscience Research Australia last year to develop the CogDrisk ...

Dementia advocate Mick Simpson was diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia in 2018 and is now actively spreading awareness – quite literally, as he's walked over 180km this year. But, while on the phone with Aged Care Insite, he brought to light that ...

Almost half of older people are reluctant to go into residential care due to fear of being mistreated or isolated, a new survey shows.  Recent research from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) asked close to 300 Victorians aged over 65 what ...

People with dementia entering aged care experience higher increases in medication when changing GPs, a recent study has found. UNSW researchers analysed data from 2,250 people with dementia who had entered residential care from the Saxs Institute's 45 and Up ...