Sue Malta works for the National Ageing Research Institute. NARI receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Briony Dow works for the National Ageing Research Institute.

''The young carers bursary has been a new lease on life for me'' A young carer is someone under 25 providing unpaid care and support to a family member or friend with a disability, physical or mental ...

Eliza Durdin was just 15 when she started taking care of her mum. She is one of many young carers in South Australia who need more support. “I couldn’t maintain many friendships and found it hard to ...

Australia’s unpaid carers are in crisis. It’s time to do something about it. When older family members and loved ones can no longer make decisions for themselves, the role of the carer becomes pivotal ...

I hold a Strategic Australian Postgraduate Award (STRAPA) arising from the partnership between the University of Melbourne and the Brotherhood of St Laurence. The report emphasises the benefits of ...

This story is part of the September 28 edition of Sunday Life. See all stories. While chatting with an aged care representative about my elderly parents, I was shocked when she suggested I seek a ...

Australian dementia patients could soon be issued with tracking wristbands to monitor their movements if they go missing from aged care facilities. Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, today announced ...

It has been a long and arduous road for Masooma and her family. Masooma's husband died while they were living in Iran — leaving her widowed and single mother to three children, including her son who ...