Consumers Culture Awareness · Health and Wellbeing ‘Hidden ageing’ could lead to premature heart malfunction Australian cardiovascular experts are concerned about the rapid rise in numbers of people with undiagnosed heart valve...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers Aged care workforce shortage projected over next decade The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has released a report expressing that there is a dire...
Consumers Culture Awareness · Health and Wellbeing Survey finds older generation sympathise with issues younger people face Older Australians care about the younger generations and the current issues they face now and in the future, according...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing Mixed messages over the COVID-19 vaccine rollout Prime Minister Scott Morrison passed the blame of the inadequate COVID-19 vaccine rollout on to the Australian Technical...
Consumers Industry Health and Wellbeing Rapid COVID-19 testing trial in aged care An aged care facility in Melbourne is trialling a faster method of COVID-19 testing to see if it provides better...
Consumers Dementia · Health and Wellbeing World-first study into MedWalk Diet effectiveness on preventing dementia Researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) believe that the Mediterranean Diet can stave off dementia, as...
Industry Dementia · Health and Wellbeing Dementia Australia launches new ‘micro-lessons’ app for home care workers Peak body for dementia, Dementia Australia, launched a new mobile app for home support and community care workers that...
Consumers Culture Awareness · Education & Training Intergenerational facility bridges the gap in a Western Australian first In a first for Western Australia, aged care provider Oryx Communities and early learning and development service Ngala...
Consumers Advice · Culture Awareness Older Australians want seat at the table to redesign aged care New research from seniors peak body, National Seniors Australia, and national advocacy campaign, EveryAGE Counts, has...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing Victoria initiates aged care staff vaccination ‘blitz’ The Victorian Government will be enacting a five-day vaccination blitz that will provide aged care and disability staff...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing Face-to-face aged care navigation support to be rolled out following successful trial report The Federal Government will be making face-to-face support available for older Australians that need help navigating the...
Consumers Health and Wellbeing · Mental Health Real life ‘Old people’s home for four year olds’ study being trialled Australian researchers are running a pilot trial of intergenerational activities to reduce frailty and depression in...
Consumers Advice · Health and Wellbeing “Curse of ageism” occurs in every second person worldwide The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a report from the United Nations (UN) which found that every second...
Consumers Advice · Health and Wellbeing COVID-19 measures stops flu season in its tracks Australia’s influenza numbers plummeted in 2020 following the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in...
Consumers Industry Leadership Aged care industry prepares for the road ahead Industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) held a webinar for their members last week, covering the Royal...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing Maggie Beer Foundation delivers urgent aged care food and nutrition report to Govt Aged care nutrition advocacy group, the Maggie Beer Foundation (MBF), started by well-known Australian cook, Maggie...
Consumers Dementia · Health and Wellbeing Nearly $1 mil in grants to be shared among 12 dementia research projects A research project that will develop culturally appropriate assessments for people living with dementia in the Torres...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing Australia continues to respond to the ACRC Final Report recommendations Following the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Final Report recommendations...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing PM calls for ‘once in a generation change’ to aged care Today, the Government delivered its initial response to the Final Report findings from the Royal Commission into Aged...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing New research shows Australian communities wants to change aged care A new research paper from the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University, commissioned by the Royal Commission into...
Consumers Government · Health and Wellbeing COVID-19 vaccines: What you need to know In a bid to protect Australians and stop the spread of COVID-19, the Federal Government is planning to invest an extra...