OTs can support home and community mobility, such as checking a wheelchair passes smoothly through doorways and can manoeuvre ...

An Australian peak body is using Wound Awareness Week (15–21 August) to push for the government to start recognising wound-related harm in aged care. Advocacy ...

The most common type of fall that results in hospitalisation is a simple slip or trip at home. The Commission worked with ...

A policeman who avoided jail after he fatally tasered an elderly woman in a nursing home didn’t give the 95-year-old “any ...

Although scientists have made significant progress in understanding the disease, there’s still no cure. That’s partly because ...

Plans for a $190m retirement community for over 55s on the northern beaches – that includes an aged care facility – have been ...

Magnesium aids muscle recovery and bone formation, and can be found in foods such as wheat bran, cheese, pumpkin seeds and ...

The Aged Care Bill 2024 (the bill) is one step closer to fruition as the Senate Inquiry Committee charged with its review has recommended the legislation be passed. After months of negotiations, the ...

Their findings revealed that dementia cases decreased for each subsequent generation. For instance, in the US, the algorithm ...

Not-for-profit business Respect has announced it will take on ownership of seven BlueCare aged care homes and four co-located ...

Professor of human resource management Denise Jepsen has worked with the Macquarie Business School to do just that. Her focus ...

“Hence our $12.4 billion spend on health infrastructure in Budget 2025-26.” The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) ...