This report provides a comprehensive picture of dementia in Australia, including the latest statistics on dementia prevalence, burden of disease, deaths, expenditure, as well as the use of health and aged care services among people with dementia and information on carers of people with dementia.

This web report is an update to the previous report and provides counts and rates of 22 selected potentially preventable hospitalisations by area and Primary Health Network. Potentially preventable hospitalisations are hospital separations for conditions that are potentially amenable to timely and adequate health care in the community. Around 1 in 18 hospitalisations (5.7% or...

This independent evaluation finds that the key policy framework for tackling elder abuse, the National plan to respond to the abuse of older Australians 2019-2023, is achieving its aims of uniting governments, agencies and organisations in tackling the abuse of older people.

This study explores the experiences and perspectives of older adults across New South Wales who seek information about hospital services and support for themselves, their families or friends, and the people they care for.

This paper discusses the allied health governance, data collection, and funding barriers to accessing or providing high-quality restorative and wellbeing care in Australian residential aged care (RAC). The most significant of these barriers is that provision of restorative and wellbeing services in RAC facilities is not guaranteed by minimum standards outlined in the Quality-of-Care Principles.