Dementia has surpassed heart disease to become the leading cause of death in Australia, a statistic confirmed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). With over 17,500 deaths attributed to ...

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 ...

The Australian Capital Territory is set to welcome its first intergenerational retirement and aged care community, to be developed on the University of Canberra’s (UC) Bruce campus. The landmark ...

Inspector-General of Aged Care Natalie Siegel-Brown. Picture: NCA Newswire/Aaron Francis. Australia’s gateway to aged care, My Aged Care, is failing a significant number of older Australians, ...

Susan Carter MLC introduced the bill. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Simon Bullard. Proposed legislation that would have allowed aged care providers in New South Wales to block residents from accessing ...

A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has revealed that older Australians are frequently dismissed, excluded, and stereotyped in healthcare settings, placing their access to ...

St Vincent’s Health Australia has announced it will deliver half of all its services online or directly within patients’ homes by 2030. The ambitious strategic target is in response to growing ...

Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae said the government is fulfilling a promise to deliver dignity, choice and respect to Australian aged care. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Martin Ollman. The Albanese ...

There’s a quiet divide about to unfold in aged care homes across Australia - and it looks a lot like boarding a plane. Some residents will move to the pointy end, getting the first class experience of ...

There “isn't an excuse” for aged care providers to be underprepared for November 1, the aged care minister has said, with the new Aged Care Act due to commence in days. Talking to ABC Radio on ...

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Andrew Henshaw. Health practitioners are set to gain improved freedoms in discussing end-of-life options, as the Allan Labor Government ...

Australia's residential aged care sector is facing a deepening crisis as data has revealed bed growth is rapidly outpaced by soaring demand. An analysis by not-for-profit aged care provider Bolton ...