Sydney startup launches virtual reality experience for aged care residents A new digital startup launched in Sydney’s eastern suburbs is giving aged care residents who are no longer physically capable of...
How to help older adults use emojis Looking to move into the modern age of communication and speak smoothly with relatives?
New tech to make hearing aids as popular as glasses for older Australians Older Australians are ‘very comfortable’ with wearing glasses to adapt to vision loss, but new research has also...
Industry Technology Honesty about dementia with an AI companion Artificial intelligence is ubiquitous with the year 2023, but what does the future look like for aged care?
Consumers Research Technology Removing ageing cells could treat age-related diseases Do you think there’s more to health than simply getting older?
Industry Advice Culture Awareness Seniors Card ‘scam’ website responded to Government warning The website intended to charge senior Australians for a free service.
Industry Caring & Carers Culture Awareness Seniors’ adoption of care robots is influenced by cultural attitudes Would you trust a robot to care for an older loved one? Beep boop.
Consumers Culture Awareness Government Are self-driving cars safe for seniors? Would you trust a self-driving car? The city of San Francisco might have some opinions on the matter.
Industry Caring & Carers Culture Awareness How texting has enhanced our loved ones’ aged care experience
Consumers Home & Community Safety & Security User-friendly fall detection tech goes live in Australia TEQ-FallsAlert by SofiHub, a branch of the Careteq company, is leading the charge in non-wearable technology used to...
Industry Dementia Education & Training Aussie unis and Silverchain partner to reduce loneliness and dementia symptoms The Fellowship will expand upon a successful pilot program that Dr Samtani and his team co-designed with Dementia...
Industry Health and Wellbeing Research Artificial intelligence used to predict Parkinson’s disease Today, researchers published their findings on the tool, which uses neural networks to pick up on signs of the disease...
Industry Safety & Security Technology Meet inTouch: the urgent aged care service sweeping Sydney A New South Wales urgent virtual care service is being expanded further into Sydney’s western suburbs to support...
Industry 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...
Consumers 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...
Industry 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...
Consumers 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...
Consumers Caring & Carers Finance 2022: Our Year in Review 2022 was a big year that presented many changes and challenges for older people and the aged care sector.
Consumers Education & Training Safety & Security Online literacy the key to bridging the digital divide gap for older Australians The Good Things Foundation hopes to reduce the impact of digital exclusion by getting older people to ‘Try One...
Consumers Advice Safety & Security Optus Data Breach: How to update your information and protect yourself Up to 10 million customers were affected by a massive Optus data breach this week, with personal information –...
Australian Healthcare Week 20 - 21 March, 2024 The Biggest and Most Influential Healthcare Exhibition In The...