Commonwealth stares down states on controversial private health changes
The federal government has vowed to push ahead with its controversial private health insurance rebate changes despite some…
Exercise programs play a vital part in preventing falls among older Australians
Falls are the leading cause of an injury requiring hospitalisation — and with them particularly common among older…
Inside the aged care algorithm deciding support for older Australians
The last time 96-year-old Audrey Staniland was assessed for in-home aged care funding was with a human clinician…
Attadale Rehabilitation Hospital: Brightware Care Group nabs facility from Ramsay Health Care
Brightwater has bought the Attadale Rehabilitation Hospital from Ramsay Health with plans to convert the site into an…
Bed block patients deteriorate during long waits for aged care beds
Gwen Webb feels like she is wasting away. After six months in a temporary hospital bed waiting for…
Thomson Geer rebrands, launches Faculti Lawyers for AI-related work
Adrian Tembel Australian law firm Thomson Geer has rebranded as Thomsons and launched Faculti Lawyers, a specialist incorporated…
More than 3 million Australians over 65 to pay more for private health
More than 3 million Australians aged over 65 will have to pay hundreds of dollars more for their…
Canberra paraplegic woman stranded in hospital for 19 months due to aged care bed block
Mary Wansey has spent 19 bleak months stranded in a Canberra hospital room while she waits for a…
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…
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…
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…