Aged-care COVID response: govt commits additional $132.2m
04 December, 2020The Australian Government will invest an additional $132.2 million in response to COVID-19-related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Call to action to eliminate HIV-related stigma
01 December, 2020Marking World AIDS Day on 1 December, HIV advocates are calling for greater efforts and coordination to eliminate HIV-related stigma.
New standards for safe and effective digital mental health care
30 November, 2020New National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health (NSQDMH) Standards have been released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
HESTA Excellence Awards winners announced
27 November, 2020Eight organisations and teams have been recognised across disability services, allied health, aged care and community services in a virtual celebration of excellence.
Drink slows disease progression in early-stage Alzheimer's
18 November, 2020A nutritional drink has been found to slow the decline of cognition, function, brain atrophy and disease progression in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
Report highlights value of preventing and reducing stroke
17 November, 2020A Stroke Foundation report has found that preventing stroke and improving access to treatment and care could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars each year.
CSIRO solution creates smarter, safer homes for independent seniors
16 November, 2020CSIRO has developed a new health monitoring solution that will enable older Australians living independently at home to send real-time data to their healthcare providers.
Autism interventions published in landmark report
13 November, 2020Autism CRC has published a landmark report, detailing the best available high-quality evidence about interventions for children on the autism spectrum aged up to 12 years.
Double win for Australian Mental Health Prize
10 November, 2020Scientia Professor Gordon Parker and Professor Helen Milroy have been announced as dual winners of the 2020 Australian Mental Health Prize.
Health collaboration crucial for the best care of older Australians
06 November, 2020 by Sean Rooney, CEO, Leading Age Services AustraliaThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus the crucial relationship between aged care, hospitals, general practice, ambulance services and the whole health system.
Exhaustion leaves Qld junior doctors fearing mistakes
04 November, 2020Nearly half of Queensland's trainee doctors are worried they will make a clinical mistake because they are exhausted from working excessively long hours.
The Qld not-for-profit on a mission to open sport to all
02 November, 2020Queensland not-for-profit Sporting Wheelies has made active living accessible to all, by enabling team sports and providing rehabilitation for those living with physical disabilities.
COVID-19 and the vulnerability of remote Indigenous communities
30 October, 2020 by Dr Gabrielle O’Kane, CEO, National Rural Health AllianceDr Gabrielle O'Kane looks at why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people living in remote communities are at greater risk of COVID-19.
Include pharmacists in aged-care settings, recommendations say
29 October, 2020SHPA has welcomed the patient safety measures that have emerged from the later stages of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Program set to improve medication access for Indigenous Australians
27 October, 2020Metro North Hospital and Health Service is launching a pharmaceutical program that will allow greater access to medications for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients visiting its facilities.
