Clinical

With the existing Short-Term Restorative Care Programme to transform and be extended under the new Support at Home program, new research has revealed that it helped 99% of participants to keep living at home.

The aged care industry is under increasing scrutiny to improve quality of care, yet one of the most overlooked areas remains the health literacy of its workforce.

A detailed national audit has uncovered wide variability in the structure and function of Medication Advisory Committees across Australia’s residential aged care sector, highlighting urgent opportunities to strengthen medication governance.

Aged care has a dental care problem, with education, awareness, and affordability resulting in potentially preventable hospitalisations.

A groundbreaking pilot program aimed at tackling depression and anxiety among older Australians receiving home care services has yielded promising results.

National Advance Care Planning Week, 17 – 23 March 2025, is the perfect time to expand your knowledge and build confidence in advance care planning conversations.

In today’s fast-paced healthcare landscape, accurate and timely data is crucial for delivering exceptional care.

The growing need for palliative care threatens to overwhelm primary care settings where time and funding restrictions could result in too many people missing out on essential palliative care.

The Aged Care Quality Standards were introduced to define what good care looks like, holding providers to account so they deliver safe, high quality care that meets the needs and preferences of older people. The incoming Strengthened Quality Standards – to be introduced from July 1 alongside the new Aged Care Act – are a […]

Home care providers battling a growing administrative burden could find solace in new software that can automatically alert care staff to potential risks and help older people avoid adverse events and unwanted hospitalisations.