Following its official launch in March this year, Lifeline Narrm has opened its crisis support centre in Victoria, ready to welcome the first of its crisis support volunteers to answer urgent calls of the Victorian ...
An Australian-first collaboration involving leading researchers at Silverchain, UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) and The University of Queensland has been launched to address the lack of treatment available to directly target social ...
A recent independent report commissioned by the National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) has shed light on a concerning issue affecting rural Australians. Startling evidence reveals that each person living in rural areas is missing ...
OPAN has expressed its support for the Australian Government’s accelerated timeline to implement round-the-clock nursing in residential aged care facilities, which will become mandatory from 1 July 2023. According to Older Persons Advocacy Network CEO ...
A recent survey conducted by the Companion Animal Network Australia (CANA) sheds light on the pressing need to prioritise the well-being of older Australians and their pets. The survey results emphasise the significant role that ...
Almost seven million Australians, or 38% of the adult population, are considering undergoing cosmetic surgery in the next 10 years, according to surprising new research. And almost half are doing so to ‘feel better about ...
We all know that prevention is better than cure, but do we really understand how it works and its impact? How can organisations look under the surface to measure the effectiveness of implemented strategies? Pre-employment ...
The term “sandwich generation” has gained recognition in recent years as individuals face the unique struggle of balancing the demands of caring for both their children and elderly or disabled family members. In this thought-provoking ...
Researchers have for the first time calculated the lifetime cost of living with an inherited eye disease in Australia as $5.2 million per person. Distressingly, a significant portion of the cost associated with the progressive ...
In the period leading up to March 2023, the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) received a staggering 1,400 calls reporting cases of abuse against older individuals. The distressing reality is that abuse of older people ...
Beechworth Health Service has been granted $1.3 million by the Australian Government to implement and evaluate a groundbreaking Indigo 4Ms tool aimed at enhancing aged care planning for older Australians. The funding, part of the ...
This week marks World Continence Week, in recognition of a condition experienced by more than five million Australians. Leading in-home care specialist Silverchain delivers the Continence Management and Advisory Service (CMAS), which is funded by ...
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