Featured Alzheimer’s may have once spread from person to person, but the risk of that happening today is incredibly low An article published recently in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine documents what is believed to be the…Courtney IdsteinMay 8, 2024
Featured We are all going to die someday, but how do you want to live until then? National Palliative Care Week (NPCW), returns from 19 May to 25 May 2024. The week marks…Courtney IdsteinMay 6, 2024
Featured NSW may end its COVID vaccine mandate for health workers. That doesn’t mean it was a bad idea in the first place Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for…Courtney IdsteinMay 1, 2024
Featured New ways to support women through the menopause In a new study published in The Lancet, the experts from La Trobe University, University of Melbourne,…Courtney IdsteinApril 30, 2024
Featured How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home So Mum or Dad has died, or moved to aged care, and now you’ve got…Courtney IdsteinApril 29, 2024
Featured Aged care workers have won a huge pay rise. What about the cleaners, cooks and admin staff who support them? This month, the Fair Work Commission handed Australia’s aged care workforce an historic pay rise, with…Courtney IdsteinApril 24, 2024
Featured Celebrating 25-years and $31 million of impact and innovation in dementia research Dementia Australia Research Foundation is marking 25 years of supporting Australia’s best emerging researchers to…Courtney IdsteinApril 23, 2024
Featured ‘I hope publishers will be brave’: Older women are often erased in fiction – but in two new Australian novels they take centre stage If older women move through the world with a sense of being unseen, in the…Courtney IdsteinApril 23, 2024
Featured Local greenery and low crime rates may reduce dementia risk factors Living in areas with shorter distances to greenspace and lower crime rates are associated with…Courtney IdsteinApril 22, 2024
Featured There are new flu vaccines on offer for 2024. Should I get one? What do I need to know? Influenza is a common respiratory infection. Although most cases are relatively mild, flu can cause…Courtney IdsteinApril 17, 2024