In partnership with environmental organisations Carbon Positive Australia and The Groundswell Collective, Mission Australia’s aged care home in Orange is embarking on a pocket forest project involving ...

Despite sector anxiety about the commencement of the new Aged Care Act in just four weeks, Sonja Stewart’s comment that the department is ‘as ready as we can be’ at Ageing Australia’s national ...

Sector leaders welcome the committee’s recommendations to move away from the rationing of packages and to release all promised packages by June next year.

As the sector prepares for the implementation of the new Act in just one month, Uniting’s Saviour Buhagiar tells Ageing Australia National Conference 2025 delegates to remember that amid the "waves of ...

HammondCare's new research and innovation initiative aims to digitally enable older people, staff and care environments through creative design, technology and cross-sector partnerships.

Without effective engagement, consumer advisory bodies won’t deliver the voice older people want to have heard and providers won’t get the input they need, writes Patricia Sparrow. We hear a range of ...

A second treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease targeting amyloid buildup has been registered for use in Australia by the TGA, but Dementia Australia CEO Professor Tanya Buchanan warns effort to keep ...

Speaking at the Ageing Australia national conference today, Minister Sam Rae said getting the accommodation supplement and pricing right is essential to ensuring equitable and high-quality care for ...

A co-designed evolving toolkit can help providers measure the needs and values of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their care.

In the absence of requirements for mandatory reporting of outcomes in dementia care, a research team led by the University of Queensland has published a new framework for evaluating the effectiveness ...

Contradicting this trend, Carinity Karinya Place has recently welcomed nine new volunteers. Two are Laidley locals Deborah ...

With the strengthened aged care quality standards requiring facilities to provide dementia-friendly spaces, DTA has developed a free assessment tool that provides practical steps for redesign projects ...