The Preventative Health Flagship is working with Neurosciences Australia, and the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) on several approaches to tackle neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on prevention, early detection and early intervention.

The federal government is to hold an emergency summit over Australia's aged care system following the alleged rape of a 98-year-old grandmother in a Victorian nursing home.

MANY younger Australians "warehoused" in aged-care facilities receive visits from friends less than once a year and go outside less than monthly, a study has found.

ONE in five nursing homes has not met fire safety standards, despite receiving more than half a billion dollars in federal funding.

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 MATTHEW Flinders Home has scored 100 per cent in its accreditation for the second time

The Australian Government moved today to guarantee repayment of $3.7 billion in accommodation bonds held by the aged care sector, with legislation introduced to Parliament.

THE aged-care sector and the federal Government have no idea how a $152 million project to boost technology use in nursing homes is faring.

AN urgent revision of the MBS is required to encourage GPs to visit aged care homes, the AMA has said.

Consumer demand for aged care services delivered at home has led to a revolution in aged care in Australia, Federal Minister for Ageing Julie Bishop said today.

ANYBODY who has visited a nursing home knows how unpleasant they can be, so it was a real joy to hear of one in Ireland that has a tavern on the premises.