Digital technology can better assist nurses to manage end of life care in residential aged care facilities but ensuring its impact requires better tools, training, and ongoing support, a new study has ...

Doctors and aged care specialists are warning of a staffing crisis in Melbourne's nursing homes, with a peak body saying the military may need to be called in to help care for frail and elderly ...

On Sunday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells would only say she was working to fulfil Labor’s election promise to have around-the-clock nursing care in every facility “as soon as I can possibly muster”.

The staffing shortage means too many people who should be in residential aged care are stuck in hospital, with no safe alternative accommodation, it says. The situation is worse in the ­regions, where ...

In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Ms Wells will also reveal figures showing a “major shift in financial performance” of residential aged-care homes. After the government’s first ...

Apil Gurung receives funding from Emergency Medicine Foundation for ongoing research project focused on decision-making by aged care nurses during transfer of residents to the emergency department.

Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Paul Fletcher suggested rushing through aged care reforms have led to the unprecedented closure of 23 nursing homes in under a year - but Labor has claimed more facilities have opened than shut. At ...

An AI-powered tool developed by Telstra Health and RMIT University is transforming the way aged care facilities monitor and manage residents' health by predicting risks such as falls, depression, and ...