Australia's nursing union has urged aged care providers to foster healthier work environments in order to attract nurses meet a new nationwide 24/7 nursing requirement by July. Last week, Sydney-based aged care home Wesley Mission said it would close its ...

Nine out of ten carers supporting someone with a mental illness report an impact on their personal health. Ninety per cent of people caring for loved-ones with a mental illness are suffering health problems themselves, a report says. A study ...

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 ...