Inevitably though, age catches up with everyone, both mentally and physically, and we all find we're not able to do the ...

Cowper was one of nine marginal electorates with a high rate of elderly Australians waiting on a home care package, along ...

When memories of my Nonna come flooding back, I am still astonished by her courage. She deserved to die with dignity. My Nonna (grandmother) Filomena had always been described as “full of life”.

Like an elderly Romeo and Juliet, a terrible tragedy played out in our own fair city last week. On Thursday afternoon, ...

Older persons' advocates have welcomed a crackdown on aged care providers failing to meet ... We cover NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, SA and WA. If you have a story idea I would love to ...

Blue Cross Community Care Services was fined by Broadmeadows Magistrates Court in Victoria on August 6 ... but was turned ...

The bodies of the 81-year-old man and 79-year-old woman were found inside a unit block in the Magic Mountain apartment ...

An accommodation and wedding venue and up to two homes in Victoria's west have been destroyed by a bushfire that has burnt through 65,000 hectares of land.

The guidelines state that neglect in aged care homes can include things like withholding personal care, failing to treat wounds, or insufficient assistance during meals. Last year the watchdog ...

Picture: iStock. The Wallington aged care facility is just one of several homes with active outbreaks across Geelong and the Surf Coast. Bupa Aged Care Barrabool recorded 27 total cases in an ...