Aged Care

Communities struggling to get early childhood and aged care services can take inspiration from this unique solution.

Stimulating the right side of the brain with creative activities has helped residents with dementia be less aggressive, less reclusive, and even talk again at this high-level care home.

As the federal government prepares to make a final decision on how to properly fund aged care, the prime minister says there is no plan to revisit how the family home is counted in the aged care assets test.

John Thompson is visiting his wife Di for Valentine's Day at a Queensland aged care home. She is among more than 60 residents who received a gift from the community after a six-week COVID-19 lockdown.

Gary Paul would like a knock at his door next time the power is cut during a heatwave. Left sweltering and unassisted through last month's heatwave, the Kalgoorlie resident who is legally blind, says a public register of people in need of welfare checks is an idea worth pursuing.

Australia's aged care sector is entering a stage of "critical" reform. So what do you do when a loved one is hesitant to accept requisite care later in life?

As wildlife handlers set up in the common room of a South Australian aged care home, eyes trace the crates and cages with intrigue — and a little apprehension.

Catherina van der Linden died on Australia Day at Southern Cross Care's West Beach Residential Care home surrounded by her family. Her body will be donated to the University of Adelaide's Body Donation Program.

COVID-19 outbreaks are on the rise while vaccination rates are falling in aged care. Experts are calling on the government to act.

Assaults reported at aged care homes in NSW have risen to the highest level in a decade, according to the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Reporting.

As Adelaide-based novelist Carol Lefevre approached 70 years of age, she was struck with a strange feeling of homesickness — not for a place, but for a time.

Police are recording more than two assaults a day on average across the state, which is the highest level in a decade.

Miniature donkeys Pedro and Diego are the two latest additions to Jean Arnold's home in Cobram, Victoria. With the support of a few dedicated volunteers, Ms Arnold is training her four-legged amigos to be therapy animals in local aged care homes.

Nikotemo Eriuta will spend Christmas a long way from his Pacific Island home. But a friendly group of elderly residents and a ready supply of fish will keep his spirits up. 

When John Carter was moving into care earlier this year, his family was sorting through his belongings and made an alarming discovery.

Maureen Mayall's creations are proving the twilight years are much more colourful than people might think, and the 92-year-old has no plans to slow down.

It seemed like a David versus Goliath battle, but eight elderly residents who refused to leave a Feros Care aged care village when it announced it selling up are now claiming victory.

Julie Harrison worked in a number of roles at Oakden's Older Persons Mental Health facility, which shut in 2017 following a report by the state's chief psychiatrist that uncovered abuse and neglect dating back 10 years.

Following an era of pandemic restrictions and back-to-back natural disasters, many residents in and around Myrtleford were feeling isolated, but a weekly all-ages get-together is changing that.

Friendships across generations are being formed in a northern New South Wales community, as high school students compile books illuminating the lives of elderly residents.

The Montessori model is often associated with education, but a successful pilot program is giving aged care residents independence and choice.

A NSW Police Senior Constable has been deemed a flight risk and ordered not to leave the country after appearing in court for the first time since charges against him were upgraded to manslaughter over the death of 95-year-old Clare Nowland.

Like many aged care providers, Broken Hill's Southern Cross Care relies on agency nurses to plug crucial workforce gaps. It's an expensive process but the organisation hopes "crucial" government funds will help it take care of as many residents as possible.

As a new wave of COVID-19 hits Australia, why are so few aged care residents up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations?

The Bombala community's success in raising $340,000 and securing a government grant will ensure an assisted living facility will reopen in early 2024 after the town lost its only aged care home.