Banding together to beat loneliness
2018-11-14T10:48:16+00:00November 14th, 2018|
Loneliness affects more than half of Australians and has major impacts on health and happiness. It does not discriminate and peaks in early adulthood, in [...]
A snapshot of Australians living in residential aged care
2018-11-09T14:05:32+00:00November 8th, 2018|
Over half of the 187,300 Australians living in residential aged care during 2015 had at least five to eight long-term health conditions and nearly half [...]
Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre on track
2018-11-07T09:25:54+00:00November 2nd, 2018|
In almost two years of operation, the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre has secured more than $2.7 million in funding to help it drive high [...]
Thousands march at ACTU rallies across nation
2018-10-24T16:16:02+00:00October 23rd, 2018|
A sea of 150,000 trade unionists flooded the streets of Melbourne this morning as part of a series of nationwide rallies to restore workers' rights [...]
Queensland legalises abortion
2018-10-18T15:07:20+00:00October 18th, 2018|
Abortion will become legal in Queensland for the first time in 119 years from December after the state’s Parliament voted to adopt new legislation last [...]
ANMF fosters global partnerships
2018-10-05T13:13:44+00:00October 5th, 2018|
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has long recognised the importance of developing an international network of affiliations to advance the interests of the [...]
Snacks better than large meal during nightshifts
2018-10-03T14:59:06+00:00October 2nd, 2018|
Shift workers including nurses and midwives who eat a small snack during a nightshift perform better than those who opt for a large meal, new [...]
A nurse’s journey back to study
2018-10-03T15:01:03+00:00September 24th, 2018|
Perioperative nurse Karen Neaton contemplated returning to study for several years but always found the prospect ‘too daunting’. Once her children finished school and moved [...]
Staffing is key to ending suffering in nursing homes
2018-09-18T09:37:52+00:00September 17th, 2018|
A Royal Commission into aged care that will investigate negligence, inadequate care and abuse will do little to fix the crisis plaguing the sector unless [...]