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, ...

When Gohar Yazdabadi looks at what the Support at Home program has done to older Australians, there is a rawness to her language that sits at odds with her corporate title. It sounds less like the ...

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.

Gracie, a spirited woman in her late eighties, lives in a residential care facility that feels welcoming and warm. One afternoon, she confided in me about her unusual pastime, which has become a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Canberra is pushing harder than ever to clamp down on negative opinion online, and to position the bureaucrats and ministers who run this country as the trusted narrators of what’s actually happening ...