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What pushes a worker to enter, stay or leave aged care? That was the question a Flinders University study unpacked as the sector braces for future workforce shortages. It found work-related stress, lack of career progression and a dearth of ...

A mental health nurse who stabbed his wife multiple times in a horror domestic violence attack will not be allowed to return to work for at least 15 years, a tribunal has ruled. George Alexander Freeman blocked the exit to his wife’s ...

New research shows that only one in five Australians receive a government-funded medication review after entering an aged care facility. Lead researcher Dr Janet Sluggett, from the University of South Australia, said the findings point to potential dangers for aged care ...

Australian children are reporting self-harm as early as grade 6, a new study shows. Researchers assessed more than 1200 children living in Melbourne each year from age 8-9 years to 11-12 years. Twenty-eight of the 1059 students in the study ...

A national aged care system divided into 30 regions and an extra $7 billion a year. Those are key parts of the Grattan Institute's blueprint to reform Australia's aged care sector. The report, Reforming aged care: a practical plan for ...

An Ipswich nurse committed to managing chronic diseases in her community has taken out the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. Shannon Wallis was recognised for her work on MeCare (Mobile enabled Care), in which she developed a virtual nursing ...

Six per cent of Australians are certain they won’t get a COVID-19 jab once one is made available. An Australian National University survey of 3,000 Aussie adults also revealed another seven per cent feel they will probably not get the ...

Another aged care home has become the centre of national attention for alleged poor treatment of its vulnerable residents. Channel Nine's A Current Affair (ACA) program uncovered widespread scabies and poor conditions at the Kindred Living facility in Whyalla, a ...

A UK nurse accused of murdering eight babies at the hospital where she worked has appeared in court. Lucy Letby was rearrested as part of a probe into deaths at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She ...

Australia’s aged care workers are fighting for a 25 per cent wage increase in a landmark case. Should the Health Services Union’s (HSU) “historic” work value case bear fruit, all aged care workers’ pay would rise by at least $5 ...