Sky News host Paul Murray has hit out at Aged Care Minister Sam Rae for “word salading” in Question Time in Parliament. A Senate enquiry shows that up to 200,000 Australians are either waiting for or ...

The Integrated Assessment Tool assesses aged care needs to determine eligibility for government-supported aged care services. The tool uses an algorithm that analyses a survey and automatically ...

Graham Crossan is 80 and has late-stage motor neurone disease, but has lost an appeal for higher support funding. His wife Gaynor was shocked at the assessment, which was initially made by an ...

ANNE CONNOLLY, REPORTER: It’s hard for Eloise and her mum Carmel to look back on this family celebration. PETER RANDALL (On video): I think this is a fairytale wedding of two perfect people. ANNE ...

Memory loss among older Australians is on the rise as the Baby Boomer generation enters retirement—but a new technique tested by Flinders University researchers that investigates cognitive skills ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every welfare program negotiates a fundamental tension: between fiscal responsibility and consistency on one hand, and care for ...

The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM), the peak body for doctors who specialise in the care of the elderly, called for the government to launch an urgent review. It ...

There has been little new in pre-election promises for Australia’s aged-care workers, providers or the 1.3 million people who use aged care. In March, Labor announced A$2.6 billion for another pay ...

WA Aged Care Minister Sim­one McGurk also said the Albanese government’s move to delay the release of home care packages had “exacerbated the existing challenges” and urged federal Labor to release ...

When Peter O'Shannessy returned to his home from the hospital in January, he was unable to speak or eat after extensive surgery for throat cancer. The 74-year-old was assessed for aged care support ...