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Nikki-Anne Wilson, UNSW Sydney Changes in thinking and memory as we age can occur for a variety of reasons. These changes are not always cause for concern. But when they begin to disrupt daily life, it could indicate the first ...

The Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) has announced new measures for ensuring all residential aged care facilities are meeting the standard for Covid-19 prevention and management. The Commission has warned that they will be targeting facilities with ...

Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has announced University of Newcastle's Professor Jennifer May is to take over as National Rural Health Commissioner. The University of Newcastle graduate has dedicated her career to rural health care, working as ...

Jaya Dantas, Curtin University Earlier this week, Moderna announced positive results for its phase 3 clinical trial of a combined vaccine against Covid and influenza. So what exactly did the trial find? And what sort of impact would a two-in-one COVID ...

The Albanese government has announced round two of the Aged Care Capital Assistance Program, making a further $200 million available to regional residential aged care providers. Successful grant applicants will have access the funding package, in addition to the $135 ...

The NSW government has announced the state’s “biggest single investment in social housing” to help address the housing crisis, despite a budget it says has suffered an $11.9bn blow because of the GST carve up. Describing his second budget as “a careful budget in difficult times”, Treasurer Daniel ...

Home is where the heart is, and older Australians want to stay there. But the reality they increasingly face is the question of ‘how’? Our country is getting older, faster, and within the next 20 years the demographic aged 65 ...