Video: The importance of nutrition for seniors

There are very few accomplishments that could be more worthy of celebration than graduating from university, but as the cheers rang out for every newly graduated student from the University of Melbourne, the loudest applause was definitely reserved for 90-year-old Lorna Prendergrast. Hailing from the country town of Bairnsdale in Victoria, Lorna defied just about... Read More

Compassion sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. It  motivates people to go out of their way to help the physical, mental or emotional pains of another and themselves. You see compassion every time someone goes out of their way to help another person. But how much compassion do people have... Read More

By Geoff Hanmer and Bruce Milthorpe, University of Technology Sydney Over 2,000 active cases of COVID-19 and 245 resident deaths as of August 19 have been linked to aged care homes in Victoria, spread across over 120 facilities. The St Basil’s cluster alone now involves 191 cases. In New South Wales, 37 residents were infected at... Read More