Industry Dementia Health and Wellbeing Virtual aquariums deliver delight to people with dementia When you wish upon a star, see a fish in new VR, makes no difference who you are…
Consumers Caring & Carers Finance Older Aussies left behind as NDIS is extended to New Zealand citizens Drastic new changes will allow more people living in Australia to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme, but...
Industry Caring & Carers Government Aged care safety set to improve through coming trials Between independent reviews and co-design sessions over the past two years, the Quality Standards have adjusted to...
Industry 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.
Consumers Culture Awareness Health and Wellbeing The rev-head retirees fighting loneliness through motorbikes Get your motor runnin’, head out on the highway. Lookin’ for adventure and whatever comes your way.
Advice End of Life Health and Wellbeing When should you consider palliative care preparation? No one wants to face a final goodbye, but being prepared is important and knowing how you wish to live in those last few...
Industry Dementia Government Three-quarters of WHO Member States fail to reach dementia targets Global advocacy federation Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) is leading the charge on calls to extend the Global...
Industry 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...
Industry Caring & Carers Health and Wellbeing The kind heart behind HammondCare’s lolly cart Over the last few months, Mr Gallagher turned the garage of his Fern Bay home into a production line to make handmade...
Consumers Finance Health and Wellbeing Are older people spending more than they can afford to? Peak advocacy body for older Australians, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, released the third annual State of the...
Consumers Advice Elder Abuse Services and supports for older Australians at risk of homelessness The 2016 Census, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, found that older people made up 16 percent of the total number...
Consumers Caring & Carers Health and Wellbeing National Volunteers Week kicks off today Today, we raise a glass and toast the five million people living in Australia today who volunteer to help their...
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...
Health and Wellbeing Products Research New Alzheimer’s drug proves effective, yet risky The new drug, donanemab, significantly slowed cognitive decline in people with early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease...
Industry Dementia Health and Wellbeing New study sniffs out link between memories of smells and cognitive function Deakin University is conducting a new study to see if training your memory of smells can help improve brain function and...
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 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...
Consumers 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...
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...
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...
Industry 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,...