Rising insurance costs risk turning Australian retirements into a ‘prison’
The promise of Australian retirements is often sold to look something like Carolyn Smith’s. A sea change to…
Maggie Beer brings aged care nutrition project to outback renal health hub
Australian culinary icon Maggie Beer is in Alice Springs training workers at an Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation that…
Ballet program brings grace and healing to Aged Care
A new initiative blending the art of ballet with the science of aged care is set to take…
‘Unexpected’ deaths in aged care are rising. One brother demanded to see the coroner
Attila’s shaky phone video of his brother lying dead in aged care documented bruises and blood. It was…
Caring for carers: How respite services can make all the difference for those looking after others
Each Wednesday, Meika Robertson’s husband Rob spends the day in respite care going on outings, doing puzzles, arts…
Advocates fear My Aged Care funding algorithm could become Australia’s next robodebt
Each morning Gaynor Crossan lovingly prepares her husband of 57 years for the day ahead. It’s a complicated…
Dementia unit nears completion | The SE Voice
Astate of the art 11-bed Dementia Unit under construction at Boandik Lake Terrace will address a crucial aged…
HMR caps lead to dire medicine review gaps in regional Australia
This in-demand credentialed pharmacist can’t adequately service her community due to restrictions on the Home Medicines Review (HMR)…
Pharmacists call for medicine review program to be expanded
When fire brigade officer Colin O’Rourke left hospital after a heart procedure, he ended up on 32 different…
Government Finally Acts on Free RSV Vaccines After Sustained Pressure from the Opposition
Media Release | 19 February 2026 Bevan Eatts MLA Shadow Minister for Aged Care Shadow Minister for Aged…
Pyramid Hill residents rally to reopen aged care home closed five years ago
When Pyramid Hill’s only nursing home shut down in 2019, John and Jeanette Carroll and their elderly neighbours…
3,100 aged care patients stranded in hospitals as states again press Commonwealth for action
The states and territories have mobilised to reignite another health battle with the Commonwealth over thousands of stranded…