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• Health and Wellbeing
• · Nutrition
Eggs, eggs and more eggs: health benefits for older Australians
A new partnership between two not-for-profits is set to help Australians learn more about the benefits of egg consumption as part of a healthy diet.

• Advice
• · Culture Awareness
The elephant in the room: Aussie doctors expressed a ‘growing problem’
How should doctors approach the topic of weight?

• Advice
• · Health and Wellbeing
Weight stability could be the key to a longer life, research found
Is weight loss preferable to weight gain for a longer life?

• Advice
• · Dementia
The dementia diet: Mediterranean meals

• Culture Awareness
• · Health and Wellbeing
National Diabetes Week 2023: the Great Debates

• Dementia
• · End of Life
Study finds significant mortality link between dementia and colorectal cancer
Dementia is the leading cause of death in women in Australia and the second cause of death in men.

• Advice
• · Education & Training
Heart attack risk resource launches online — are you safe?
Heart attacks may seem like something you would never expect to happen, until it does. Web-based resource Know Your Numbers, Treat Your Risk aims to change that.

• Advice
• · Culture Awareness
Two out of three at-risk Australians are ignoring important heart check-ups
For Heart Week 2022, the Heart Foundation is encouraging Australians between 45 and 74 years of age to not avoid their annual heart health check-ups.

• Caring & Carers
• · Culture Awareness
National Meals on Wheels Day highlights need for more wheels
Today is National Meals on Wheels Day and the not-for-profit organisation behind the initiative is urgently calling out for more “wheels” to help them continue delivering meals to older...

• 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 problems, particularly with the growing ageing population.

• Advice
• · Culture Awareness
Funding boost for meal providers during National Volunteering Week
The Federal Government has given a $7 million funding boost to the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) to reinforce meal providers who feed older Australians nutritious meals, which it...

• 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 Beer, has provided a comprehensive report about aged care food, nutrition and the...

• Government
• · Nutrition
Aged care spending in food and nutrition would save over $80m per year, says Dietitians Aus
Dietitians Australia, a nutrition advocacy group, suggests that using Accredited Practising Dietitians (APDs) to support food and nutrition in aged care facilities would save more than $80 million per...

• Health and Wellbeing
• · Home & Community
National Meals on Wheels Day recognises resilience of volunteers during COVID-19
On the 26 August it was National Meals on Wheels Day, recognising the dedicated Australian volunteers who provided invaluable support and work to help protect older vulnerable people during the...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Emergency food package scheme for older Australians underperforms
A Federal Government program implemented to provide 36,000 emergency food packages to older Australians has drastically underperformed, only delivering 38 food packages to older people in need.