VICTOR HARBOR - Victor Harbor is 40 years ahead of the rest of Australia in terms of its ageing population.

And, the City of Victor Harbor hopes to use this statistic to try to attract federal funding to plan and better cater for its aged population.

A service that advises thousands of older South Australians about their care and support options has been given renewed funding of $3.2 million to continue its information role over the next three years, the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, announced today.

Tasmanian pilot leads to national nursing project - aged care - 2005

Aged care student nurses across Australia are set to benefit from a $336,000 national demonstration project launched today by the Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, at Queen Victoria Home for the Aged.

Divisions Network Addressing Aged Care Home Survey Findings

The Aged Care GP Panels Initiative – 2004 Aged Care Home Survey, which was released today by the Federal Department of Health and Ageing, highlights a range of challenges that are confronting the aged care sector in relation to primary medical care.

As the influenza season approaches, all aged care homes need to be examining their infection control practices in readiness.  Vaccination plays an important part in prevention and the influenza vaccine for 2005 has now been released.

Australia has been accused of failing the growing aged population by not demanding mandatory reporting of abuse of the elderly.

NURSES are overworked, morale is deteriorating and violence is soaring in Queensland's health care facilities, a study has found.

Aged Care, Rural Nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships are available via the Royal College of Nursing, Australia.

CHAD is a border collie blissfully unaware that he is a minor celebrity in the local press, the Victorian parliament and in lawyers' letters barking loudly about actions that have flowed from his bite. A beloved family pet, Chad nipped one of the relief carers who help feed and bathe Joshua Krupjak, 12, and his brother Dylan, 6, who are profoundly disabled.

Antoinette Miach is an active member of Melbourne's ageing ethnic population.

At 84, she enjoys a busy social life, which includes learning French and catching up with her fellow Italians every Tuesday.

"It's good for us. We chat, we play bingo, go on tours," she said.