Nursing homes are essential. Most nursing homes are good. However, I’ve never met anyone who wants to be in one. Usually ...

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is concerned by the finding in the latest report of the Inspector-General of Aged Care that, despite ...

Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from South Burnett. Followed categories will be added to My News. The clinical placement initiative, developed in partnership with the University of Sunshine Coast and ...

Wednesday's announcement that the government would immediately fund more care packages for older Australians is "very ...

The nurses' union claims an aged care provider is reducing the number of its enrolled nurses by more than 60 per cent across Queensland.

The world took a beating from COVID-19, with no nation spared. Australia’s response to the pandemic has been recognized as particularly successful, with the comparatively small total of COVID-19 ...

State health ministers are accusing Anthony Albanese of leaving elderly Australians “effectively homeless” through failing to ...

Home care packages are bundles of services that help older people with complex needs to live at home for longer. There are ...

Police are reportedly investigating the death, on April 6, of an 89-year-old female resident at Regis Healthcare Limited’s Nedlands Aged Care home in the Western Australian capital of Perth. The death ...

The Omicron wave has further exposed the crisis in Australia’s aged care sector with staffing so short, that workers’ unions are calling for the government to deploy the army to assist. Meanwhile, ...