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Dementia Linked To High Blood Pressure Women who have high blood pressure in middle age have a greater risk of developing dementia as they age, according to American research. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate... READMORE |
NSW and QLD Nurses To Lose On Pay CutsThe Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is warning that nurses will leave the sector after it failed to secure a two-year delay to the award modernisation process in NSW and Queensland.... READMORE |
Melbourne Home Gets SanctionsThe Australian Government has imposed sanctions on a Melbourne aged care provider because it failed to address an issue of concern identified in late 2009. The Aged Care Standards and... READMORE |
Tasmanian Gastro Outbreaks 'not unusual'A number of nursing homes in Tasmania’s north west have had gastroenteritis outbreaks but, according to the Health Department, there is no cause for alarm. Public Health deputy director, Dr... READMORE |
Medicare Benefits Schedule To Be Simplified Announced by the Rudd Government last December, the much anticipated changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) are to be in operation by May 1 2010. The changes are aimed... READMORE |
GLBTI Dementia Rates Will Rise A new report from Alzheimer’s Australia estimates there could be over 37,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people with dementia in Australia by 2031. The ‘Dementia, Lesbian and Gay... READMORE |
NSW citizens rarely plan for elder care A quarter of the population in New South Wales have not considered what to do when their elderly parents or guardians are unable to care for themselves. Fewer than 10... READMORE |
Australian aged care facilities lead in the world in diagnosing chronic medical conditionsAustralian aged care facilities lead in the world in diagnosing chronic medical conditions among their residents, according to a census from multinational provider Bupa. The 2009 census was based on... READMORE |
Government Listening To Aged Care Message?The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is confident that the Rudd Government has been paying attention to its aged care campaign. The federation’s national secretary, Ged Kearney said the campaign has... READMORE |
More than 50 Perth Seniors involved in Bus CrashMore than 50 seniors were trapped after the bus they were travelling was involved in a crash with a truck, West Australian police said. A police spokesman said the truck... READMORE |
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