AFN looking for survey participants on frailty
The Australian Frailty Network is looking for people aged over 50 to participate in an online study on ageing well...
Day: June 12, 2025
Annecto to cease operations in July
After seven decades of providing aged and disability care, not-for-profit organisation Annecto will cease community service operations next month. Annecto...
Calls for 20,000 new home care packages now
Ten federal crossbenchers have written to the government calling for the release of 20,000 home care packages this this week,...
Older people not always reporting abuse
Annually, 15 June marks World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a day NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner Jeff Smith said highlighted...
Dementia collaboration targets better understanding
America-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly (Lilly), the Australian Dementia Network and Monash University have signed a first-of-its-kind research project at...
Unequal caregiving roles create tension
More than half of Australians over 50 who participated in the 2025 Sandwich Generation Report acknowledged caregiving responsibilities often fall...
Worker runs ultramarathon for aged care
North Sydney Local Health District staff member John Barnard-Richardson will be taking on the 106 kilometre Ultra Trail Jervis Bay...