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More than 40 residents of the St Basil’s Annandale aged care home in Sydney’s Inner West will have to move, with the home to shut down in September.

A shuttered aged care home in South Australia will receive a new lease on life, with its owners repurposing it to provide temporary accommodation for NDIS participants transitioning out of hospital.

Australia’s first 5 Star Green Star rated aged care home has opened in Carseldine, Brisbane.

A new aged care home designed hand-in-hand with Yolngu leaders – the first of its kind in Australia...

More than 40 residents of the St Basil’s Annandale aged care home in Sydney’s Inner West will have to move, with the home to shut down in September.

They couldn’t get to the Queensland Agricultural Show themselves – but residents at Bolton Clarke Inverpine aged care home still got the Ekka experience when the show came to them.

There’s a new name for a prominent aged care legal advocacy group, with Aged-care Legal Advocacy & Reform Matter (ALARM) revealing its new, snappier branding: Aged Care Justice.

Heritage Care’s new aged care home in Northcote, Melbourne, has welcomed its first resident. Brian Comas (pictured centre) has moved into Heritage Northcote, supported by his wife Irmgard and daughters Yvette and Letitia. According to Brian, the staff were attentive and thoughtful on his first day at his new home.

Aged care workers around Australia have been celebrated as part of Aged Care Employee Day on Sunday 7 August.

Ambulance Victoria is rolling out a new system to better triage Triple Zero (000) emergency calls from people in aged care homes. The Residential Aged Care Enhanced Response (RACER) pathway will see Referral Services Triage Practitioners either dispatch an ambulance or direct callers to other services such as Residential-In-Reach or the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED).

Aged care residents with mental illness are finding it hard to access mental health services, with a new study finding that less than three per cent of residents with mental health conditions obtained treatment in 2016/17.

NSW has become the latest state to lift COVID-19 vaccination restrictions for aged care home visitors, joining Victoria and Queensland. Unvaccinated visitors will now be allowed, though are still “strongly encouraged” to have received jabs for both COVID and the seasonal flu; visitors should also provide evidence of a negative rapid antigen test just before entry.  

As the latest COVID-19 wave continues, the Federal Department of Health and Aged Care will begin publishing vaccination rates for individual residential aged care homes.

There’s a new name for a prominent aged care legal advocacy group, with Aged-care Legal Advocacy & Reform Matter (ALARM) revealing its new, snappier branding: Aged Care Justice.

A shuttered aged care home in South Australia will receive a new lease on life, with its owners repurposing it to provide temporary accommodation for NDIS participants transitioning out of hospital.

UnitingCare Queensland has become the first non-Catholic aged care organisation to join Catholic Health Australia, which is the country’s largest non-Government provider group for health, community and aged care.

A year-long campaign by a local seniors’ advocate has spurred the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Council to lobby the Federal Government on the aged care services it is able to provide.

The latest topic for debate in Federal Parliament would certainly have you think so, with new National Party MP Andrew Gee using his maiden speech to put forth the argument that the fish-and-chip shop classic, the Chiko Roll, was created in his electorate in the town of Lithgow.

Tough question: how do you talk to a smart, responsible man, aged about 70, and tell him he must plan for his life possibly going wrong? Events such as strokes, accidents, back injuries, mental illness and divorce can happen to anyone, but few people want to talk about what this could mean for their future, especially us men.

Yes, this $3.8 million oceanfront house could be yours – and all for the price of a raffle ticket. The property in the Sydney suburb of Freshwater is being raffled by Home lotteries group RSL Art Union to raise money for veterans.

Dame Helen Mirren takes down British talk show host Michael Parkinson – in 1975 This interview was dug out of the archives this week, reminding us yet again why we love the iconic British actress.

Dementia experts will host Q&A sessions following screenings of a new documentary film, Everybody’s Oma, which follows the story of a NSW Central Coast grandmother with dementia and her family.

Legendary Aussie singer Kamahl will headline a free Christmas in July concert hosted by the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) next Tuesday.

Catholic Healthcare residents at two NSW aged care facilities recently had a chance to travel the world – without even leaving their homes.

Do you recall Kate Fischer? She was the model, actress and TV presenter famously engaged to billionaire James Packer until a highly-publicised split in 1998 led her to move to Los Angeles and retire from public life ten years ago.

A Queensland aged care home has set up a model train room with the help of Dementia Support Australia (DSA) to help residents keep their minds active.

Following a successful five-year pilot, the New Zealand Ministry of Health has approved a new “small town” model for dementia care villages.

Aged care residents with mental illness are finding it hard to access mental health services, with a new study finding that less than three per cent of residents with mental health conditions obtained treatment in 2016/17.

As the latest COVID-19 wave continues, the Federal Department of Health and Aged Care will begin publishing vaccination rates for individual residential aged care homes.

Australia has one of the leading aged care systems in the world. Everyone receives equal, high quality care – in our homes and in aged care homes (nursing homes).

My aged care is a government website providing the main access point to the aged care system in Australia.

An ACAT assessment (aged care assessment) is an assessment organised by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT, or ACAS in Victoria) and is required for a person who needs to be approved for Government-funded services including; a nursing home (aged care home), home care, residential aged care, transition care or respite care. An ACAT assessment is used to make a recommendation for the type and level of care that will best meet your needs.

A nursing home (aged care home) is a place that provides residential accommodation and health care for elderly people who can no longer live at home. Nursing homes are also known as aged care homes or residential aged care facilities.

Aged care is the living and nursing care services for older Australians who can no longer live independently or need help to stay in their homes. These services include both residential aged care in nursing home and home care services.

An enduring power of attorney is a legal document that appoints someone of your choosing to make personal, financial, legal and property decisions on your behalf. They would do this if you lose capacity to make decisions yourself because of illness or injury.

In July 2014 the Federal Government started changing the aged care system. The last changes will be completed in January 2017 but the impact will still be coming into effect out to 2022.