Website to combat specialist ‘bill shock’
Patients will be able to identify the true cost of specialist fees through a recently proposed Government-run website.
Caring & Carers
National Volunteer Week celebrating Australian volunteers making a difference
From May 20-26, the nation will be celebrating the effort and support from Australia’s volunteers during National Volunt…
Peak bodies back Labor’s newly announced aged care promises
The Australian Labor Party has announced they will not wait for the full outcomes of the Royal Commission into Aged Care t…
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Petting zoo therapy at SummitCare St Marys
A Western Sydney aged care facility is using pet therapy at their nursing home as a way to brighten their residents d… -
Labor’s rental strategy could save $11 billion and reduce homelessness
The Australian Labor Party’s National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) plan announced late last year has the pote… -
Royal Commission releases multiple papers on aged care
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has released three background papers this week, following the… -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Life behind closed doors of residential aged care facilities
On the first day of the third series of the Royal Commission in Aged Care Quality and Safety hearing held in Sydney, … -
Liberal Government makes more promises to older Australians
The Liberal Government has made more promises to improve the quality of life for elderly people with funding for a ne… -
New technology to detect Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) mirror is being developed to detect symptoms of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s di… -
World War II veteran reflects on ANZAC Day
Royal Australian Air Force World War II veteran, Sandy Concannon, will be spending his ANZAC Day quietly reflecting o… -
Launch of new advance care directive online tool
Online tool, ExSitu, was successfully developed and trialled last week with the program empowering people to take cha… -
An Advanced Care Directive can offer peace of mind
SPONSORED STORY - An Advanced Care Directive is an essential part of healthcare. There are moments where a patient … -
Aged care peak bodies respond to ‘stop gap’ Federal Budget
Despite some welcomed aged care funding allocations industry and consumer peak bodies have labelled the Federal Budge… -
Advanced Care Planning Week encourages tough but important conversations
If you were unable to speak for yourself, who would speak for you? And what health care decisions would you want them… -
Giving a voice to those unable to verbalise pain: PART 2
Earlier this year we looked at how PainChek®, the world’s first smartphone pain assessment and monitoring device, … -
ROYAL COMMISSION: My Aged Care “waiting for people to die”
Ruth Harris has told the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety her 91 year old mother Joyce Edwards wai… -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Aged care workers share safety concerns; Councils prepared to support older Australians in their community
Four personal care workers fronted the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety yesterday to share concern… -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Focus on home care supports
Hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care re-commenced in Adelaide yesterday, with a spotlight to be shown on … -
Small app making a big difference
Aged care and disability customer experience platform hayylo has been named as a finalist in at the 7th Asia Pacific … -
Excellence recognised at aged care service awards
The outstanding achievements of the age services industry in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the Northern Ter… -
Royal Commission releases first background paper
The aged care system’s size and shape is “constrained by Government through controls on supply of aged care place…
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