Interview with the Minister of Aged Care, Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP

This will help people understand other causes of pain for people with dementia. In older people, pain is often unrecognised and undertreated. Certain studies have estimated that between 45% and 80% of residents in aged care facilities have substantial pain that is undertreated. P.A.I.N – What To Look Out For For an older person, it can... Read More

Only around one-quarter of the people living in a residential aged care facility or receiving a home care package feel that their care needs are always met, according to new surveys by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI). Read More

A House of Representatives committee inquiry has called for sweeping changes to the current aged care sector. The report has been tabled in Federal Parliament and looks to address questions on a number of the hot topic issues that aged care workers, residents and families want answers to, in preparation for the upcoming Royal Commission... Read More