The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has sat for 55 days so far, calling 296 witnesses. Of those, 85 per cent have given testimony on issues concerning the aged care workforce, with 113 witnesses providing their perspective ...

The Royal commission started its second stint in Melbourne this week and is focusing on some of the sectors of society not yet heard from. “Diversity is a hallmark of humanity, yet aged care providers and the aged care system ...

A hospital in Sydney’s west has launched a scheme aimed at reducing the stress and pain of osteoarthritis. Described as a ‘one-stop shop’, the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) at Auburn Hospital allows patients to see a range of different ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues this week in Darwin and will look at aspects of care in residential, home and flexible aged care as well as issues those living in rural and remote communities face. ...

A nurse who suspected her father was being mistreated in an aged care home caught a care worker roughly handling him a number of times, including smothering him with a cloth. Aged care provider Japara failed to act when Noleen ...

Uganda has announced two more cases of Ebola - confirmation of the first spread of a deadly outbreak beyond the borders of Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ugandan cases showed the epidemic was entering a "truly frightening" phase and was ...

A record number of people are presenting to NSW emergency departments and many are waiting longer for treatment - a situation doctors say is unsustainable. The latest official data, released on Wednesday, shows there were more than 756,000 attendances at ...

"He chucked his guts up." Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Robert Amery, head of linguistics at the University of Adelaide, said he’d used this term when teaching a short course in medical interpreting to a group of ...

"Do you want a little bit? Because if you're going to drink I'd rather you do it in the house." It’s one of the more quotable lines from Amy Poehler’s cool mum character, Mrs George, in 2004 hit Mean Girls ...

The cost of older Australians’ brittle bones is rising. A new burden of disease report has revealed the total costs of osteoporosis and osteopenia in people over 50 years of age will be $3.1 billion in 2017. The Osteoporosis Australia ...