Aged Care

Each Wednesday, Meika Robertson's husband Rob spends the day in respite care going on outings and chatting with others. While Rob enjoys a day away from home, Meika catches her breath. 

Graham Crossan cannot eat, talk or breathe unassisted but he's been denied funding for high-level care due to a new way of assessing aged care funding.

In the final week before the election writs were issued, the SA Premier trained his sights on One Nation while the Liberals fought for oxygen. Is it a sign of the campaign ahead?

After a horror flu season last year, free RSV vaccinations are being rolled out for the first time for older Western Australians living in residential aged care.

Residents of a Victorian country town have taken over their aged care home, but now have to work out how to run it.

With the ink still wet on a new hospital deal, state and territory health ministers will today use a meeting with their federal counterpart to call for urgent action on stranded patients.

Less than six weeks from the South Australian election, the Liberal Party has announced an election promise on stamp duty while the Labor government unveil its plan to create 1,300 new aged care beds.

South Australia's premier announces the future of Adelaide University's Magill campus, which sits on the boundary of two marginal Liberal-held electorates.

Marina Lee-Warner and Julie Joy are the creators and stars of The Two Teabags.

Former aged care workers Marina Lee-Warner and Julie Joy have created a live show tailored to older Australians, including those facing cognitive decline.

Creating meaningful, sensory activities for people living with dementia can be challenging, particularly when many traditional options feel more suited to children than adults with a lifetime of lived experience behind them.

In 2024 a nurse reported racist abuse from some residents and family members. A year later, instances of abuse have plummeted and staff say it is because of a new program promoting respect.

The small Victorian town of Ouyen, 440 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, is known for its grain and sheep farms, but also for being "dementia friendly".

A Welsh Shetland cross pony is spreading festive cheer — and stirring memories — during visits to an aged care home in eastern Victoria.

A performer and an advocate for older Australians are worried that live entertainment for aged care residents is on the decline as other leisure activities, such as virtual reality, gain popularity.

The reforms have unleashed a wave of confusion and despair amongst hundreds of thousands of elderly Australians, from those wanting care to those who already have it.

Elder abuse often occurs within families, with a parliamentary inquiry describing the issue as part of a wider systemic problem. 

State health ministers had their final meeting of the year with their federal counterpart on Friday armed with figures showing a 25 per cent increase in just three months of aged care patients stranded in hospitals.

A 76-year-old woman accused of murdering her aged care roommate in Perth is deemed unfit to stand trial by a Supreme Court judge.

A court hears training of aged-care staff and first responders in dealing with people experiencing dementia will be the primary focus of an upcoming inquest.