A new study will examine the long term benefits of restorative  home care programs. Megan Stoyles reports. The Centre for Research on Ageing (CRA) at Curtin University has been given a $96,000 grant to establish the long-term outcomes of restorative ...

People’s desire to stay in the home for longer is increasing the demand for community nurses. At 87 years old, Jack has had his fair share of challenges in life. He explains nonchalantly that he got through the war pretty ...

Providing adequate funding alone won’t improve Aboriginal healthcare in Australia if it continues to be misspent, researchers warn. Annie May reports. Inefficient funding arrangements, mainstream programs being inappropriate for Aboriginal Australians and competing interests determining the allocation of resources. These ...

Ministers step in to restore professional confidence in AHPRA. Extra resources will be provided to the national health registration agency in an effort to fix its significant administrative problems. The pledge was made by state and federal health ministers at ...

Award to be honoured regardless of the outcome of the March election. A new award the nurses union has negotiated with the NSW government has the backing of the coalition if it wins the March state election. Under the award, ...

New study finds Australians wait too long to go to the hospital. Australians in the early phase of a heart attack wait too long to go to hospital, a study has shown, pointing to less time for treatment to stem ...

While more details are needed, overall those in the health sector have welcomed the federal government’s new deal for national health reform. Julian Drape reports. Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled the latest incarnation of Labor’s plan to shake up the ...

Hiding your true feelings at work can damage your well-being, research has found. Murdoch University PhD candidate Steve Brown has researched some of the ways in which health care providers cope with ‘emotional labour’ – the act of suppressing your ...

By not seeing health care as an economic issue, we are denying ourselves powerful tools to help solve the problem, says BCA. COAG health reforms are a first step in improving the funding of the healthcare system but are a ...

For many, winning a campervan would be a ticket to enjoy a dream holiday but for one midwife, it is the perfect vehicle to help her make a difference. When Ona Macleod looks out the window of her Murwillumbah home ...