Video: The importance of nutrition for seniors

Four in every ten aged care workers plan to leave the sector within five years, due mainly to the high-pressured work environment, excessive workloads, increasingly complex care needs, and chronic understaffing, a survey has found. Jane Grundy, who is 65 years old and has worked in aged care for 21 years, told HelloCare that aged... Read More

Prison officials are bracing for a silver tsunami that will flood correctional facilities with elderly and often vulnerable prisoners. Like the rest of the United States population, the prison population is aging fast. The US Census Bureau projects that by 2030, people over the age of 55 will account for almost one-third of all incarcerated... Read More

  When doctors from Aged Care GP began wearing full personal protective equipment to visit aged care facilities, the initial reception to their cautious approach was highly sceptical.  “There were many who really informally expressed they were unhappy about it,” the CEO of Aged Care GP, Dr Sachin Patel, told HelloCare. The frustration Dr Patel... Read More