Music Remembers Me
03 May, 2017A powerful how-to guide bringing the transformative power of music into the lives of people living with dementia.
Could human cord plasma boost the ageing brain?
25 April, 2017Scientists are exploring the potential of human cord plasma to slow brain degeneration.
The National Aged Care Quality Indicator Program — helping combat unplanned weight loss
11 April, 2017 by Valentina Giannelli* | Supplied by: Dietitians Association of AustraliaIt is well recognised that residents of aged-care facilities are at high risk of weight loss, with the prevalence of malnutrition in the residential aged-care setting ranging from 40–70%.
World Health Day 7 April — living with a black dog
07 April, 2017The WHO campaign for World Health Day is focusing on the prevention and treatment of depression.
Local drug action teams to find cracks in the ice
05 April, 2017Federal money is on finding a community-based solution to ice and other drugs of addiction.
There's no need to lock older people into nursing homes 'for their own safety'
22 March, 2017 by Marta Woolford, Monash University and Joseph Ibrahim, Monash UniversityTo lock or not? How much of our concern for safety is for the resident, how much is for the family members and caregivers, and how much of it is for the staff and owners of nursing homes?
Is your brain training program worth its weight?
22 February, 2017Popular brain training programs have been put to the test by researchers. The results show that some programs, but not all, can help slow cognitive decline that may lead to dementia.
FactCheck: it's true – WA has the nation's highest rate of methamphetamine use
22 February, 2017 by Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin UniversityWestern Australia's state Labor leader Mark McGowan was quoted as saying "we have the worst rate of methamphetamine usage in the country". It's true.
What's that word? Brain changes begin years before Alzheimer's diagnosis
21 February, 2017Alzheimer's is a long game — it doesn't happen overnight. The good news is, early intervention can delay onset.
$8 million Lighthouse Hospital Project improves acute coronary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
14 February, 2017The Minister for Indigenous Health, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP recently announced $8 million to expand a project that is transforming hospital care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with acute coronary syndrome.
Heart risk for people with schizophrenia
08 February, 2017Australians with schizophrenia die 25 years earlier than others due to poor heart health.
Breakthrough in motor neurone disease research gives hope
07 February, 2017 by Florienne Loder*When a person is diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), it's a race against time.
Inequality in Aboriginal child ICU admissions for invasive infections
01 February, 2017Intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates for life-threatening infections in Indigenous children are several times higher than those of non-Indigenous children, and twice as many Indigenous children per population succumb to these severe infections despite life support.
Death clocks — take with a pinch of salt
01 February, 2017The good news is that we are all living longer. The bad news is that we will all die … but when?
$450,000 palliative care boost for Cape York communities
18 January, 2017St Vincent's Health Australia (SVHA) has committed $450,000 to bring culturally appropriate palliative care services to five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York as part of an MOU with Northern Peninsula Area Family and Community Services (NPAFACS) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council (Apunipima).
