Wednesday, 19 November 2025

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Teaching aged care homes proven to improve care – but boards and CEOs must be engaged to ensure success, Wicking Dementia Centre argue post image

Teaching aged care homes proven to improve care – but boards and CEOs must be engaged to ensure success, Wicking Dementia Centre argue

$86 million for aged care research in past decade compared to $1.8 billion for neurological disease, panel tells Royal Commission – Counsel Assisting pushes for dedicated research centre post image

$86 million for aged care research in past decade compared to $1.8 billion for neurological disease, panel tells Royal Commission – Counsel Assisting pushes for dedicated research centre

Investment in staff as a ‘team’ the key to better quality care, Canadian nurse and researcher tells Commission post image

Investment in staff as a ‘team’ the key to better quality care, Canadian nurse and researcher tells Commission

Teaching aged care services program needs to be revived, education and training panel tells Commission post image

Teaching aged care services program needs to be revived, education and training panel tells Commission

Many older people and aged care workers ambivalent about technology, Senior Counsel says – witnesses no longer required to appear in person because of coronavirus post image

Many older people and aged care workers ambivalent about technology, Senior Counsel says – witnesses no longer required to appear in person because of coronavirus

Billy activity tracker app has kept father with advanced dementia living at home, son tells Royal Commission post image

Billy activity tracker app has kept father with advanced dementia living at home, son tells Royal Commission

Counsel Assisting raises idea of aged care quality standard on technology for providers – with sanctions for non-compliance – during panel – while Commissioner Briggs questions if sector showing leadership on technology post image

Counsel Assisting raises idea of aged care quality standard on technology for providers – with sanctions for non-compliance – during panel – while Commissioner Briggs questions if sector showing leadership on technology

Online community for older people “gives me a reason to get out of bed”, Gold Coast woman says post image

Online community for older people “gives me a reason to get out of bed”, Gold Coast woman says

Providers should be required to collect minimum data set – but it will take 10 years to transform the system, panel says post image

Providers should be required to collect minimum data set – but it will take 10 years to transform the system, panel says

Coronavirus post image

Coronavirus

Health Department and BaptistCare virus videos​ post image

Health Department and BaptistCare virus videos​

The world’s largest retirement village launches ‘drive-thru' virus testing post image

The world’s largest retirement village launches ‘drive-thru' virus testing