A 95-year-old woman has been hospitalised after being tasered by police inside a NSW aged care home.  Police officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in Cooma at around 4:15 am on Wednesday after staff reportedly found resident Clare Nowland with ...

A former aged care worker is facing a lifetime in jail after pleading guilty yesterday to the murder of a resident under his care. Jacob Anthony Hoysted appeared via video link from Casuarina Prison at Western Australia's Stirling Gardens Magistrates ...

More people living with the advanced stages of dementia are transitioning to residential aged care facilities as they approach the end of life.  Palliative care, aimed at improving quality of life, is primarily provided as terminal care. But there has ...

Aged care providers are calling for a higher consumer contribution and for the government to uncap the basic daily fee, claiming it fails to adequately reflect the increased cost of delivering care. Catholic Health Australia (CHA), Opal Healthcare, Anglicare Sydney, ...

An urgent health warning has been issued today after an older woman died on April 1st after contracting tetanus. A woman in her 80s was the first person to pass away after a tetanus infection in thirty years in NSW. ...

A former PE teacher who has expressed support for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in public hospitals has been sworn in as New South Wales' new Health Minister. Ryan Park, a University of Wollongong graduate and longtime Labor member for Keira, was ...

Recruiting overseas staff to fill workforce shortages in aged care could prompt the sector to become more culturally safe, a gerontology expert has said. Australia is increasingly more depending on overseas personal care workers and nurses to cover the anticipated shortfall ...

Aged care providers have proposed the federal government establish a specific visa for skilled migrants to deliver 24/7 registered nurses to facilities. This morning, the Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) submitted policy proposals to the government to amend the reform ...

You've just joined an aged care board. You reckon you'll be there for five years and are keen to make a difference – but it's looking harder by the day. What are you going to do?  Keep it simple. You ...

An award-winning sociologist is spreading awareness about how artificial intelligence (AI) in aged care could exacerbate ageism within the community. Monash University's Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves has received international recognition for her studies on ageing and socio-digital inequalities among older ...