Researchers are planning to develop a home-grown framework for registered nurses working with older people and their families. Associate Professor Victoria Traynor, from the University of Wollongong's School of Nursing, said the available nursing competencies for the aged-care sector were ...

Australians are living longer but inequality still mars the most recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report card. The biennial report, Australia's health 2016, found Australians are living longer than ever before and death rates continue to fall, ...

When the visual symptoms of a skin condition first become apparent, people often turn to the web for comfort, scouring Google images for photos of similar bumps or discolouration and possibly encountering incorrect information. To address this phenomenon, the Australasian College ...

It’s critical that nurses be at the forefront of the movement into the digital health era and are heavily involved in leading change, not just for the care team and patient but to ensure they are advocating for their own ...

Funding cuts in the sector may force residential aged-care service providers to reconsider admitting older people ready to be discharged from hospitals, increasing pressure on the public system, a provider has said. In a letter to state and territory premiers and ...

Health sector bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement of stage one of the Health Care Homes (HCH) model, but not without caveats. The government announced the 10 regions that will participate in stage one of the model. They ...

Australian experts hope the first group of graduates of the University of Tasmania’s (UTAS) bachelor of dementia care will help make a difference in lives and contribute to a growing pool of leaders in the field. The first six bachelor's graduates ...

Stronger toes could help keep older people on their feet, new research suggests. Researchers at Victoria University have looked at the effect toe training can have on the incidence of falls in older people. Karen Mickle, post-doctoral research fellow at ...

People with healthier lifestyles are less likely to develop depression, a new study that followed 1200 people over five years has found. The research, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, also found there was a tendency for those with a ...

Australians with chronic conditions are more likely to skip healthcare because of cost than their counterparts in Canada, the UK, Germany and France, new research suggests. The study found 1 in 4 chronically ill Australians is avoiding healthcare because of ...