The number of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care homes are trending down for the first time in weeks, according to Australia’s weekly aged care report.  As of August 5 there were 952 active outbreaks in aged care homes nationally, down ...

The federal government will make a submission to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) today to propose a pay rise for residential and home care workers, fulfilling one of Labor's core election promises. The government has refused to specify a dollar ...

Just shy of 11 weeks in office, the Albanese government's first piece of legislation to pass both houses of parliament was one of aged care's major reform bills. The Royal Commission response bill, bringing into effect 14 of the report's ...

The Albanese government has passed its first piece of major aged care legislation, enshrining an updated code of conduct for providers, a five star rating system for residential care homes, and mapping out the details of a new funding regime. ...

While you can't stop birthdays from happening, you only grow old when you stop learning, Healthy Ageing Professor Laurie Buys from the Australian Catholic University says. "We start as children and, as we go about our lives, we go through ...

The National Ageing Research Institute event 'The Poetry of Grief: An original performance where music, poetry, and research meet,' aspires to support the many people feeling isolated after significant loss by engaging in music and poetry. "There's so much love ...

There are nearly 10,000 aged care residents and staff infected with COVID-19 in Australia. Recent data from the Department of Health and Aged Care has shown there are currently 9906 active COVID-19 cases in 1064 residential aged-care facilities across the ...

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has become emotional speaking about two of her constituents in parliament on Wednesday. The Lilley MP spoke about Pat and Jack Cook as she introduced the first of two pieces of legislation to make changes to the aged care sector. ...

A woman who tried to kill her elderly father on his request by suffocating him in a nursing home north of Brisbane acted “impulsively” in a moment of poor judgment, a court has been told. Rebecca Louise Burden last week ...

While Australia's ageing population is rapidly growing in number, new research suggests politicians have found the key to longevity as they are outliving the public by an average of seven years. The QUT and Oxford University study analysed data of ...