A new study has suggested a tiny particle found in air pollution can induce signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Led by UTS, the study found early-onset Alzheimer's can be influenced by air pollution such as diesel emissions and, more ...
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New research into age-related muscle loss set to pioneer treatment
New research into age-related muscle loss by the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney promises the transformation of treatment in muscle wasting. Sarcopenia is a natural process in which muscles become smaller and weaker due to ageing – ...
More »Less is more: New research finds simple strategies helps reduce hip fractures
A new study by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) revealed that simple strategies can help to reduce hip fractures. The study found that simple strategies, such as walking, could lead to an extensive decrease in hip fractures. Lead researcher Professor Tuan ...
More »‘Few homes’ can achieve key staffing requirements
A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all three staffing requirements needed to meet quality care standards. Last week, the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative published a mid-year report mapping ...
More »‘We want action’: Royal Commission two years on
Two years after the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was handed down, sector advocates are calling for "genuine reform" and for the government to immediately enact a new aged care act. On March 1 ...
More »Enough of reforming aged care… modern elders want something different: opinion
Businesses become "dead horses" when customers would rather die than buy. When they struggle to be viable and sustain quality and safety, the workforce prefers elsewhere, and there's a growing sense that you could be heading for a human-rights disaster. ...
More »Preparing aged care for next year’s reforms: podcast
A researcher has raised concerns about the aged care sector's readiness to have mandated 24/7 nurses onsite and provide 200 care minutes per resident per day by the middle of 2023. The UTS report into the care industry revealed last ...
More »Aged care costs could double by 2060
The ‘declining’ financial sustainability of Australia’s aged care sector will see taxpayer costs for services double over the next 40 years, according to a new report. Researchers from the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC) published a new independent discussion paper ...
More »Proud Aussie nurse talks about heading up prestigious US nursing school
Patricia Davidson is a "proud Aussie nurse". She has been an RN since 1980 and has clinical, teaching and practice expertise in cardiovascular science and the care of vulnerable populations. Starting her career at Wollongong hospital, Davidson is now flying ...
More »Predictable and preventable: pressure injuries need to stop
Pressure injuries are expensive for our health system, hugely distressing for patients and, most of all, preventable and predictable. That is according to UTS professor of nursing Debra Jackson. "They are so distressing," she said. "Once a person gets a ...
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