Earlier this week the Australian Research Council (ARC) awarded Monash University $4.8 million in funding to develop a new training centre for optimal ageing.  The centre will focus on developing emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, digital health apps, and sensors ...

After pooling dozens of cases involving violent crime against older people, researchers discovered that the most likely victims of homicide were women and they were most likely to be killed in their home. The first comprehensive study into cases of ...

Creative writing can deepen insights into how people living in aged care homes experience loneliness, according to a new study.  Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, a senior lecturer of sociology at Monash University, spent six months interviewing residents living in residential aged ...

Nearly a month on from the release of the final report from the aged care royal commission we are still largely in the dark on how the government might seek to change the sector going forward. Professor Jo Ibrahim, the ...

The latest research from the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has provided an analysis of how different population groups interact with Australia's heath system. The research, published in the organisation's peer-reviewed journal, was conducted by Monash University and looked at ...