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We interviewed older gay men, lesbian women, and trans women about their perceptions of residential aged care. Our research shows we need to make aged care safer for LGBTI+ people.
Assisted living facilities are one option for seniors. But finding clear and accurate information about them isn’t easy.
Expanding suicide prevention frameworks to include aged care residents, aligning nursing home life with community living, and improving residents’ access to mental heath services will be key.
The aged care royal commission’s interim report paints a picture of a system in deep crisis. Its recommendations for action have some merit, but won’t address what are underlying, systemic problems.
The aged care workforce is 90% women and 30% migrant. The royal commission might find that’s why it lacks clout.
Australia’s rich diversity is reflected in its older population. It’s time our nursing homes do the same.
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.
Ever more Americans are using digital cameras to keep an eye on elderly relatives who live in nursing homes. This surveillance may violate patients’ privacy and demoralize their caretakers.
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.
Eliminating sexual assault in nursing homes is a major challenge which starts with acknowledging it exists and recognising the scale of this abuse.
Amid concerns about their quality of care, aged care providers are getting bigger or getting out.
Australia’s aged care sector is in trouble. Our experts have previously explored the complex aspects of the system, exposing where the problems are, and have been for some time.
As the Wettlaufer inquiry wraps up for the summer, an international research team offers suggestions on how to make nursing homes as good as they can possibly be.
The NDIS has started to reduce the admissions of young people with disabilities to aged care facilities, but more than 6,000 are still waiting for more suitable accommodation.
Outcomes are better when people with dementia are in home-like care rather than standard nursing homes.
The Trump administration wants to privatize more of the federal bureaucracy. New research suggests this can lead to discrimination in essential government services.
Most elderly Canadians do not receive the end-of-life care they desire. A new study hopes to rectify this.
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Professor, Health Law and Ageing Research Unit, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University
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Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Professeure titulaire en Sciences Economiques, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Research fellow, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, HEC Montréal
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Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Groningen
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Instructor, School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
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Investigative journalist, The Conversation
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Research Assistant, Monash University
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Professor, Director Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, University of South Florida
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Research director (CNRS), Toulouse School of Economics – École d'Économie de Toulouse
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Assistant Professor, Economics, Carleton University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
