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Canada’s assisted-dying law has expanded since 2016. What can England and Wales learn about safeguards, eligibility and social pressure?
Could teenagers get on with older people and vice versa? Turned out, they could. And both flourished.
Increasing the number of older people with both Medicaid and Medicare would mean fewer of them would be forced to skimp on the care and treatment they need.
We spent 312 hours observing 39 residents at six Australian aged care facilities to find out how and where they spend their time across the day.
In tough conversations, show your respect for loved ones’ autonomy and dignity.
Delivering the extra protein older people need via biscuits could be a simple and effective way to help guard against muscle loss in ageing.
Rates of elective surgery are rising most among those aged over 85, due to advances in anaesthesia and techniques such as keyhole surgery. But it’s also much riskier.
It’s never too late to start exercising, and age isn’t a reason to stop either.
In England, each home is given a rating against five questions: is it safe, is it effective, is it responsive, it is caring and is it well led?
Large institutions for people with disability and mental illness were once commonplace. These have now been replaced with smaller community-based services. With aged care, we’re doing the opposite.
Australia’s aged care sector is in trouble. Our experts have previously explored the complex aspects of the system, exposing where the problems are, and have been for some time.
Taking low-dose aspirin daily doesn’t delay the onset of disability in healthy older people. Nor does it prevent heart attack or stroke in those who hadn’t experienced either condition before.
Have you noticed your thinking ability drops during winter and spring? A new study of healthy adults and dementia patients found cognitive function declines in the colder months.
Twenty years since the Aged Care Act was introduced, the situation for older Australians remains dire. They’re sicker and have more complex care needs, but little access to medical care.
The rising global prevalence of dementia, particularly in the nursing home population, means aggressive behaviours between residents will increasingly be an issue.
Fracture risk is higher in older women than men, but in adolescence the reverse is true. These differences mean our approach to managing bone health for men and women changes across the ages.
Several key aspects of public open space can encourage older people to get out and about. And badly designed and maintained facilities have the opposite effect and can harm their wellbeing.
Modern medicine is increasing our lifespan. But as we survive diseases and live longer, more of us are succumbing to cancer.
Most of the early research on sexuality and ageing looked at the sexual behaviours and biology of older adults, generally ignoring the wider concept of sexuality.
Top contributors
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Professor of Nursing Aged Care (Dementia), University of Technology Sydney
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Head, Musculoskeletal Unit DEPM, and Head Rheumatology Unit, Alfred Hospital, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Adelaide University
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Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Research Fellow, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
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Visiting Academic, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Adelaide University
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PhD Candidate, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Adelaide University
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Professor, Head of School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Consultant Emergency Physician and Palliative Medicine Trainee Physician, Clinical Associate Lecturer at the School of Medicine, The University of Queensland
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Research Assistant, University of Aberdeen
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Director, Australian Catholic University
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Speech Pathologist/Audiologist Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University