Aged-care providers are screening out older people with high-support needs and ending clients’ services without warning ...

We need to unshackle the industry from its past and forge a more realistic and positive image, writes Kevin McCreton.

A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, ...

Exclusive: Elderly people are being put up in hotels by overburdened hospitals and are being chased by debt collectors, in ...

Memory loss among older Australians is on the rise as the Baby Boomer generation enters retirement - but a new technique tested by Flinders University researchers that investigates cognitive skills ...

Wednesday's announcement that the government would immediately fund more care packages for older Australians is "very significant", according to an independent aged care expert and former acting ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. How long should you wait for aged care – a day, a week, a month? What if I told you that you could be waiting more than a year from ...

Too many frail elderly Aussies like my dad are forced to take up a hospital bed while they wait for aged care, writes Sue Dunlevy. And some are still waiting after six months. We’d organised a ...

Tracy Comans receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council for a Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. During the ...

Hal Swerissen has received funding from NHMRC and ARC funding in relation to aged care, primary care and public health. He is Deputy Chair of the Bendigo Kangan Institute and a member of the ...