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Aged care facilities and hospices can block access to voluntary assisted dying, despite it being legal in your state.
You may not need to sell the family home before entering aged care. There are other options.
Home care aides play a critical role in providing health care to the elderly and other groups at the greatest risk of infection. Yet these workers are vulnerable too.
Australia’s rich diversity is reflected in its older population. It’s time our nursing homes do the same.
If you’ve read the headlines about poor standards in Australia’s nursing homes, it’s only natural to be concerned about your own family or friends in residential aged care.
Nurses who surround the process of medically assisted dying are an important source of insight into the real conversations our society needs to have about what it’s really like.
It’s all very well having rights. But what do these rights really mean when you’re with your GP, in hospital or in a nursing home?
Bureaucratic ‘red tape’ has contributed to the current crisis in our aged care system. We need a system of accountability that focuses more on residents’ outcomes, and less on processes.
While the majority of aged care funding comes from government, residents also have to contribute. Here’s how the payment system works.
By the time the aged care royal commission’s recommendations lead to improvements in our nursing homes, four cohorts of residents will have died. Here’s why.
People with dementia can become agitated or distressed when the temperature isn’t right, but some aged-care facilities aren’t designed or operated to keep them comfortable.
Evacuating nursing home residents during a disaster can be even more dangerous than staying put.
The myth of compassion fatigue suggests that compassion is a finite resource. The reality is that health-care providers are over-worked and need better institutional support.
A report that recommends 43 ways to prevent elder abuse acknowledges we don’t even know how often it occurs in Australia.
Poor oral health in our nursing homes can lead to many complications, including choking to death. Here’s how family and staff can help advocate for better care.
What students can learn from time spent in care homes.
More than half (52%) of aged care residents have symptoms of depression, compared with 10-15% of older people living in the community.
More than 7,000 young Australians with disabilities are forced to live in nursing homes because they’re unable to find suitable accommodation that meets their needs. But this may be about to change.
By 2030, the last of the Baby Boomer generation will have turned 65 years old, putting the population of “senior boomers” in the United States at approximately 71 million. Currently, only about 7,000 certified…
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor La Trobe University, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
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Senior Professor, Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), University of Wollongong
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Chief, Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology Professor, Emory University
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Assistant Program Director at Emory Center for Health in Aging, Emory University
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