Aged Care

Residential care

Can new retirement villages solve SA’s hospital gridlock?

Dementia

The concerning shift to antidepressants for dementia care

Workforce, Aged Care

Alarming nurse burnout sparks new workplace safety initiative in aged care

Aged Care, Aged Care

As aged care reforms loom, ‘vitally important’ support program extended

Aged Care, Aged Care

In-home care program that kept thousands out of hospital expands

Aged Care, Aged Care

Aged care report signalling a future where many may not afford care

Home care, Aged Care, Aged Care

Aged care residents report feeling safer as sector-wide overhaul advances

Aged Care, Aged Care

QLD arms future aged care workers with ‘skills that can save lives’

Workforce, Regional Health

Tackling rural aged care crisis with $30.8M workforce investment

Aged Care, Aged Care

Aged Care Act delay creates ‘immense pressure’ on health system, provider warns

Aged Care, Aged Care, Research

Research uncovers ‘postcode lottery’ effect in aged care services

Aged Care, Aged Care

What is working and isn’t to prevent aged care falls

frailty

Socially frail seniors 50% more likely to develop dementia

Ritchelle Drilon Nov 25, 2025

poor

‘Eating together’ key to battling poor health in older age

Ritchelle Drilon Nov 25, 2025

experience

Building an Ecosystem of Care to Elevate the Aged Care Experience

Anne McCormack and Jessica Finn Nov 25, 2025

A hospital pharmacist, doctor, or nurse sitting with a patient (possibly elderly), reviewing medications or a discharge summary together.

New framework to improve medicine safety across care settings

Ritchelle Drilon Nov 11, 2025

Senior People Eating Meal with Caregivers at Dining Table

Aged care reform puts nutrition on the menu — by law

Ritchelle Drilon Nov 11, 2025

Older residents dining together in a bright, home-like aged-care dining room, with a staff member engaging with them warmly.

Residents feel more at home, but food and costs still sour aged care experience

Ritchelle Drilon Nov 11, 2025

An elderly person in a rural home speaking with a nurse via video call on a tablet, representing digital health care in regional Australia.

Rural aged care missing out on digital health gains, experts warn

Ritchelle Drilon Nov 11, 2025

older Australians

As aged care reforms roll out, let’s not forget what older Australians value most

Laura O’Reilly Oct 29, 2025

depression

‘Game-changer’ program tackles hidden depression in older Australians

Ritchelle Drilon Oct 15, 2025

pay

Long-awaited pay rises roll out for hundreds of thousands in aged care

Ritchelle Drilon Oct 15, 2025

reforms

Pressure mounts on aged care reforms as waitlist crisis exposed

Ritchelle Drilon Oct 15, 2025

trust

Aged care about ‘trust, not tasks,’ new research finds

Ritchelle Drilon Oct 15, 2025