Featured Wage case recognises historic undervalued work of aged care nurses The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has welcomed the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) further…Courtney IdsteinMarch 27, 2024
Featured Baby Boomers happier and healthier than Gen Zs Baby Boomers consider themselves healthier than younger generations, with Gen Zs and Millennials saying mental…Courtney IdsteinMarch 25, 2024
Featured All aged care workers now have access to Ask Annie, award-winning mobile dementia education app Ask Annie is a free and interactive app developed by Dementia Australia’s Centre for Dementia…Courtney IdsteinMarch 20, 2024
Featured Aged care reforms fall short on quality, safety Mandating sector-wide aged care training requirements would make elderly Australians safer while bolstering workforce stability,…Courtney IdsteinMarch 18, 2024
Featured Most people wait nearly a decade to address their hearing loss. Colin acted sooner – and it saved his career For Canberra environmental consultant Colin Trinder, 64, flying around Asia assessing planning projects, sitting on…Courtney IdsteinMarch 13, 2024
Featured Australian aged care residents seven times more likely to be taking painkiller medications when compared with Japan A new study from Monash University, in collaboration with Japan’s Institute for Health Economics and…Courtney IdsteinMarch 11, 2024
Featured Dietician tips to protect your heart With new research highlighting that half of Aussies (50 per cent) are seriously overestimating how…Courtney IdsteinMarch 6, 2024
Featured Funding success to investigate brain microbiome For the first time, UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) will consider the role of…Courtney IdsteinMarch 4, 2024
Featured Consultation on the new Aged Care Act is now open Australia’s aged care laws are changing to put the rights and needs of older people…Courtney IdsteinFebruary 28, 2024
Featured This salt alternative could help reduce blood pressure. So why are so few people using it? One in three Australian adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). Excess salt (sodium) increases the risk…Courtney IdsteinFebruary 26, 2024