New research has identified a crucial link between arthritis and the risk of serious liver disease in people with Australia's most common genetic condition. [ + ]

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, in partnership with KPMG, is inviting members of a governing body or leaders in the aged-care sector to participate in its Governing for Reform in Aged Care Program. [ + ]

Coorparoo grandmother Pat White has a new lease on life since taking part in weekly classes that are tailored to meet the physical, psychological and wellbeing needs of people living with Parkinson's disease. [ + ]

Three aged-care organisations on the Central Coast — Adelene, Vietnam Veterans Keith Payne VC Hostel and Central Coast Community Care Association — have teamed up to deliver better care to residents. [ + ]

Changes to the My Aged Care reporting template for residential and in-home and community aged-care providers' weekly reporting will start from May 2022. [ + ]

Called the DEL-S delirium severity score, the tool provides severity measures that are significantly associated with clinically relevant outcomes. [ + ]

The federal government has shortlisted six organisations to help grow the home care workforce by 13,000 over the next two years. [ + ]

Dementia Australia has launched a new app, called Ask Annie, offering short, self-paced learning modules to help care workers refresh their skills and learn tips and tools to provide better care to people living with dementia. [ + ]

The federal Budget will provide $522m to the aged-care sector to further help implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission. [ + ]

It's an age-old question: do we — in older age — get better at regulating our emotions? Even responding more positively? [ + ]

Up to 93% of people living with dementia have experienced at least one medicine-related problem, leading to potentially harmful effects, but how do we improve these odds? [ + ]

It's just over a year since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. [ + ]

Australian College of Nursing President Emeritus Professor Christine Duffield has been announced as one of 32 new inductees into the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. [ + ]

Aged care providers and unions have written an open letter to the Prime Minister urging him to resolve challenges facing the sector. [ + ]

Up to 1700 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel will be deployed to support staff in the aged-care sector. [ + ]