Industry Advice Culture Awareness Free education for older Victorians to recognise elder abuse in aged care The ‘Know Your Aged Care Rights’ information sessions are targeted at older people seeking or receiving aged...
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 Caring & Carers Finance Home for the homeless: $32,000 taxpayer savings per resident Construction of the facility was partly funded by the HammondCare Foundation with larger donors including The Ian Potter...
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.
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 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...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers Standard protocol to call police to aged care homes: says expert Police forces are called to aged care facilities “more commonly” than NSW police commissioner discloses, according...
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...
Industry Caring & Carers Leadership International Nurses Day, May 12 International Nurses Day, kicks off on May 12, held annually on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. This...
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 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 Finance The aged care boost older Australians are celebrating Aged care nurses are set to receive a 15 percent pay increase from July, in an aim to keep facilities afloat and provide...
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...
Industry Caring & Carers Education & Training Aged care volunteer feedback needed for Royal Commission response The Australian Government is seeking volunteer workers in the aged care sector, along with those that manage volunteer...
Industry Dementia Education & Training Grants for Flinders Uni dementia research projects to overcome common hurdles Common hurdles that caretakers and relatives face in understanding and accommodating a person with dementia or...
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...
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,...
Consumers Industry Government Additional quality indicators for aged care introduced The QI program is part of the Australian Government’s response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and...