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The founder of cult vitamin and wellness brand JSHealth has spoken out after it was fined $26,640 for unlawful advertising, having claimed its products could prevent “serious health conditions” such as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Jessica Sepel hit back at commentary ...

The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, in their submission to a federal parliament Senate committee, has called for a one-day reduction in the working week, or for a 32 hour week rather than 38. The ANMF told the Select ...

Deaths in residential aged care settings occur frequently enough to be core business. It is sometimes difficult to assess when an individual might be dying, and sometimes an acute event means that they may be transferred to hospital and die ...

Pensioners are being encouraged to downsize to free up larger homes for younger families under a proposed new law which has been broadly welcomed, but a lack of housing could be a hurdle. A bill has been introduced to federal parliament ...

Southern Cross Care NSW/ACT has received Catholic Health Australia's 2022 Award for Leadership in Positive Ageing for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Announced on Tuesday night at the National Catholic Health Australia Conference in Brisbane, the award recognised Southern ...

It is easy to be cynical about the new Australian government’s very first legislative bill to receive the endorsement of both houses. The Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022, passed on 2 August, was claimed ...

Fixing aged care is set to be a key priority of the new government under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. So is a more affordable and improved system of child care, reform of the NDIS, and strengthening Medicare and the health ...

Nurses are indispensable to the proper functioning of healthcare systems. Beyond their medical and administrative duties, they are an important pillar of emotional and mental support to patients and their loved ones. Today, nurses are increasingly playing a greater role ...

More than 100 aged care residents escaped without injury after a fire broke out at a nursing home on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on Sunday. Country Fire Authority firefighters were called to the nursing home at Graf Rd, Somerville shortly after 8am. The cause of the blaze ...

The Federal Opposition has put the future funding of the nation’s aged care system at the centre of its pitch to voters in the upcoming election. In his budget reply speech, Anthony Albanese pledged to spend an extra $2.5bn fixing the ...