The South Australian government has announced a trial of CCTV installations across at least five aged care facilities in the state over a 12-month period. The government will invest $500,000 in the Australian-first trial. It will be administered by UK ...

Nurses are coming together to let world leaders know that universal health coverage needs nurses working their full scope. The message is key to the Nursing Now campaign, spearheaded in Australia by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and Australian ...

The 9th annual Australian Healthcare Week began in Sydney last week, and nursing and aged care were front and centre. Early in on the first day, the conference was given an economics rundown by Westpac senior economist Matthew Hassan, and despite slow ...

Unlicensed healthcare workers need regulation, not only for the wellbeing of those under their care but to ensure they’re not putting their own careers in jeopardy. That’s one of the key messages the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is sending ...

A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that the number of cancer cases is likely to rise to 145,000 this year, three times the rates reported in 1982. However, the report also shows that five-year ...

Home care providers will be required to publish their pricing information in a new standardised schedule on the My Aged Care website by mid-year. Aged care minister Ken Wyatt said the move will help older adults understand and compare service ...

Technology is increasingly being used in health and aged care settings to combat a number of issues. Infra-red vein finders, nurse-specific smart devices and various monitoring tools are being introduced on wards, Skype and iPads are helping keep families connected ...

Australian researchers have started work on lifelike skin tissue to further studies on healthcare developments like smart bandages. The team of engineers, led by Professor Sally McArthur from Swinburne University and the CSIRO, is starting from a simplified skin system ...

More than 300 people attended the Aged Care Royal Commission’s community forum at the sprawling Bankstown Sports Club in Sydney on Friday 1 March. Commissioner Lynelle Briggs attended the event, which she said was the first of its kind held for any ...

A new study has shown no increased risk of autism after a vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella. The 10-year cohort study of 657,461 children “strongly supports that MMR vaccination does not increase the risk for autism, does not trigger ...