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When the house next door came up for sale at a regional aged care facility, management bought it and set it up like a ‘regular’ home so residents living with dementia could visit – and take part in cooking, cleaning and gardening. The residents are much happier since they have been enabled to continue taking part in simple household tasks, said the home’s dementia and wellbeing consultant. Read More

The government will require that aged care residents are assessed by an appropriate person before physical or chemical restraints can be used, under new regulations that will be brought in from 1 July 2019, the government has announced. But a dementia care expert has told HelloCare the new regulations still appear to be too “soft”.... Read More

Is this regulatory overreach? A doctor’s decade-old social media posts have ended his career, sparking fears that regulated professionals could face similar fates for sharing unpopular views outside the workplace. Read More