Almost two in five, or 38%, of insured Americans reported delaying or skipping necessary treatment or medication because of high out-of-pocket costs for health care.

A nursing home near Newcastle has been accused of drugging residents without their knowledge, in breach of privacy and dignity accreditation guidelines. Audit report on Bayside Aged Care ...

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner Janet Anderson said the report was a recommendation by the Royal Commission to help highlight “the importance of complaints in understanding older ...

Shock report into aged care abuse reveals extent of elder abuse on Gold Coast. An 84-year-old woman was chemically restrained and left unable to even hold a conversation with her family.

The man died in the Allity Walkerville Aged Care home on Sunday, according to a Nine News report that said it was understood police were looking at the possibility of a medication mistake.

In residential aged care the most complaints – 702 – were about medication management and administration, including providing timely pain relief, palliative care, infections and drugs for ...

The aged care centre south of Brisbane that is at the centre of Queensland's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak is being accused of neglecting a woman in her 70s with a history of anxiety and depression ...

Changes to the Aged Care Act will give the safety commission more teeth, but Labor says it leaves out many vulnerable older Australians. Credit: Virginia Star The bill, currently before the Senate ...

Nurse at Brampton long-term-care home charged after medication incident involving 11 residents Peel police said a nurse was charged after 11 residents did not receive medication as prescribed ...

PLACING a loved one into residential aged care is a risky business, according to a report that shows service levels range from caring to cruel. Read Today's Paper Tributes. Rewards.

A report in April 2023 showed the centre had still not demonstrated improved medication incident investigation and there were numerous medication errors. The home currently has a three star rating ...

The 101-page report, “‘Fading Away’: How Aged Care Facilities in Australia Chemically Restrain Older People with Dementia,” found that instead of providing support to older people with ...