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• Culture Awareness
• · Finance
Older Australians left to the mercy of the rental market
Rental affordability is one aspect of the cost of living crisis which is often stigmatised as, not just the fault of older Australians, but something which they aren’t affected by.

• Caring & Carers
• · Government
National medicine safety project for aged care receives $1.5m in funding
The Pharmacists Actioning Rational use of Medicines in Aged Care (PHARMA-Care) quality monitoring project has received $1.5m dollars in funding to develop, test and assess the costs of a nationally...

• Finance
• · Government
New pension age signals unsustainable trend, experts say
Earlier this month, as the pension age in France was increased from 62 to 64, nearly a million people turned out in protest and began to riot… As for Australia, the Liberal party unveiled plans in...

• Culture Awareness
• · Mental Health
Most Australians support greater healthcare access for veterans
RSL LifeCare has launched their intergenerational series of content intended to honour, reflect and commemorate the sacrifices that thousands have made throughout generations, along with supporting...

• Advice
• · Health and Wellbeing
Aged care advocacy group sounds alarm on vaccination rates
Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN), the peak advocacy group for older Australians, has expressed concern over new COVID-19 statistics from the Department of Health and Aged Care.

• Caring & Carers
• · Health and Wellbeing
1 in 7 older Australians felt mental health worsen during pandemic
Australia’s peak organisation for older Australians, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, has released new research showing that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to worsening mental health among the...

• Dementia
• · Education & Training
The online tool doctors and patients are using to fight the risk of dementia
Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) have developed a new tool to assist general practitioners (GPs) and patients with concerns...

• Caring & Carers
• · Education & Training
Aged care volunteer feedback needed for Royal Commission response
The Australian Government is seeking volunteer workers in the aged care sector, along with those that manage volunteer staff directly or as aged care providers, to share their thoughts on the role...

• Dementia
• · Education & Training
Grants for Flinders Uni dementia research projects to overcome common hurdles
Common hurdles that caretakers and relatives face in understanding and accommodating a person with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease are being investigated by researchers from Flinders University,...

• Education & Training
• · Products
Have your say on an aged care planning tool
The Aged Care Workforce Industry Council (ACWIC) is calling on the many providers and workers in the aged care sector to provide feedback on the Workforce Planning Tool, released in June 2022.

• Caring & Carers
• · Health and Wellbeing
Digital mental health support program to combat depression at home
Swinburne University of Technology and home care provider Silverchain have been hard at work on a new project which will offer older Australians a digital way to combat symptoms of depression.

• End of Life
• · Health and Wellbeing
Award-winning research study for major depression in palliative care
For some patients in palliative care, the future can seem grim or uncertain which may lead to a slump in their mood, apathy or symptoms associated with major depressive disorder (MDD).

• Government
Additional quality indicators for aged care introduced
The QI program is part of the Australian Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, with submission of quality indicator data ongoing through the My Aged Care...

• Finance
• · Government
Thirty years of compulsory super: How has it evolved and benefitted older Australians
Compulsory super reached a 30 year anniversary milestone this year, and a survey from National Seniors Australia, released yesterday, has backed up the importance of this retirement income system...

• Caring & Carers
• · Dementia
MATCH app could revolutionise in-home care for people living with dementia
The preliminary results from international study HOMESIDE led by the University of Melbourne has produced encouraging outcomes while exploring the benefits of music and reading for people living with...