Getting physically fit before an operation could offer benefits beyond simply feeling stronger. New research has found an ...

Fewer hospital visits, but not fewer deaths? Government-run homes had the lowest hospital rates in a new study. Not-for-profit homes had the lowest mortality. Researchers say government homes often ...

Aspirin didn't prevent dementia when everyone was lumped together. For years, that has been the verdict from large trials, ...

"Is this what state-sanctioned elder abuse looks like?" Council on the Ageing NSW's CEO lost both her parents navigating a ...

Caring for an older family member with dementia can bring long-standing family tensions to the surface, particularly when ...

New AIHW survey data reveals a troubling pattern in how Australian women’s dementia symptoms are received by health professionals, one that leaves many facing longer, more expensive and more ...

Three straight quarters of Single Assessment System data show the “easy” entry point to aged care is shrinking while the complex end grows, and wait times for the fastest-growing group haven’t moved.

For eighteen months, the fight over Labor’s superannuation tax changes was fought in the open, over one number: $3 million. That was the threshold above which Treasurer Jim Chalmers wanted to tax ...

Shane Lewis had just turned 65 when he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). Too old for NDIS and too young for the pension. The ‘limbo’ years. Age and a chronic, degenerative disease meant ...

The 2026 Australian pollen season has started, with some people in the eastern states reporting their hay fever symptoms have begun earlier than normal. Compared to last year, satellite imaging ...

Respite bed days rose 12.49% in August to 206,631 nationally, the strongest month of respite activity recorded in Mirus Australia’s Industry Analysis (MIA) series. At the same time, the rate at which ...