University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have found one-in-four people living with dementia in long-term care facilities suffer from malnutrition.
Jun 29, 2023
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Two weeks after the first U.S. case of COVID-19 was identified in Snohomish County, Washington, in early 2020, my dad had a stroke at his home just across Puget Sound. More COVID-19 cases were about to surface at a nearby ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Canada's military recently reported the living conditions in some of the country's long-term care homes "appeared to be nothing short of horrid and inhumane." As many as 82 percent of all COVID-19 deaths in Canada have been ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Citing the spread of infections linked to rising rates of opioid use across the country including HIV, viral hepatitis, skin and soft tissue infections, bone and joint infections and endocarditis, an article published in ...
Apr 5, 2019
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Similar to the Iranian government, which released 73,000 inmates, the Indonesian government plans to release at least 30,000 detainees to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country's overcrowded jails.
Apr 7, 2020
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety last week released a special report looking at the sector's response to COVID-19.
Oct 7, 2020
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With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a generous funding boost for home- and community-based care as an alternative to institutionalizing disabled people.
Mar 24, 2021
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India's federal government will provide free coronavirus shots to any adult starting later this month and take back control of the country's vaccination drive, marred by delays and shortages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Jun 7, 2021
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New national planning and development guidelines for child care facilities have been developed in a bid to encourage innovative ways to deliver families more child care places closer to home and work.
Sep 3, 2014
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