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Clinical Practice
Elder abuse under-recognised in hospitals
A national study of nearly one million older Australians has found that hospitals record only a tiny fraction of elder…
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News
ABS confirms dementia as leading cause of death
In 2024, over 17,500 deaths were from dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, which accounted for 9.4 per cent of all deaths…
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Aged Care
Western Sydney nurse struck off after vile act involving dementia patient
A western Sydney nurse masturbated in front of a dementia patient after turning the lights off and closing the curtains…
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Specialty Focus
Take a holiday to keep dementia at bay
Can going on a holiday treat dementia? A team of researchers from Edith Cowan University believe 'travel therapy' could be…
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Specialty Focus
Landmark study finds way to predict and hopefully prevent dementia in later life
A world-first study has found that poor physical fitness and obesity in childhood may predict declined cognitive functioning and dementia…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
‘A watershed moment’: sector reacts to royal commission report and four areas for immediate action
“Get cracking.” That’s the overwhelming call from advocacy groups in response to the release of the aged care royal commission’s…
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Specialty Focus
Getting residents mooving and grooving with silent discos: VIDEO
Each week the residents at Sydney’s Twilight Aged Care home in Glades Bay look forward to singing and dancing like…
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News
How brains in dishes might help those with childhood dementia
Childhood dementia might sound like a misnomer to some but five Australians every year are born with an untreatable form of…
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Top Stories
Royal commission Sydney hearing: final days
The last two days of the Sydney hearing kept up the theme of medical restraints in aged care. Josef Ibrahim…
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