Researchers from Macquarie University have revealed that psychotropic medications are prescribed to aged care residents with dementia at twice the… ...

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One of Australia's major aged care providers has built a new apartment complex that aims to promote longevity for its… ...

Nationals Skills Commissioner Adam Boyton in Canberra. Picture: Sean Davey/NewsCorp Australia. The aged care staffing shortage is likely to deepen by 2025, a recent report found. A National Skills ...

Older Australians are staring down longer wait times for basic support to help them live independently over the next six months. An extra 24,100 home care packages are being allocated to people this ...

Australia’s care economy has begun a decade-long transformation with the launch of the $129 million Care Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Headquartered at La Trobe University, the Care ...

NACCHO’s Executive Director Monica Barolits-McCabe addresses the audience during this week's Elder Care Support National Yarning Circle in Adelaide. Picture: Supplied/NACCHO The second Elder Care ...

Nursing is one Australia’s most in-demand professions, despite nurses and midwives already representing over half of the nation’s health workforce. With the roles of nurses and midwives continuing to ...

The drug works by breaking up and clearing the build up of amyloid plaques (pictured) in the brains of people with mild cognitive impairment. Image: Supplied. In positive news for Australians, the ...

A Sydney researcher has received a $4.4 million grant for the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) medication management platform for aged care. The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) has ...

Senate Committee chair Senator Penny Allman-Payne led the inquiry into aged care service delivery. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Dan Peled. A Senate Community Affairs References Committee report has cast a ...

Health and aged care minister Mark Butler said the backlog was a priority for the Labor government. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Martin Ollman. The nation’s health leaders are demanding “urgent action” from ...