Nurses are calling on the Commonwealth to hastily address chronic under-staffing in private aged care homes in response to the royal commission’s final report. Rallies will be held on Monday outside the offices of seven federal politicians across Queensland by the state’s Nurses and Midwives’ Union. The federal government on Friday received the inquiry’s final… Read More: Aged care staff rally across Queensland »
The daughter of an elderly woman living in a Melbourne aged care facility says her mother is struggling after being confined to her room for 45 days. But Brighton East’s Princeton View Aged Care home has defended its protocols, saying the resident has received sponge baths and coronavirus guidelines have been followed. Sam Jensen-Muir said… Read More: Lockdown takes toll on Vic aged care mum »
Dr William Frankland, a British immunologist who transformed the world’s understanding of allergies, has died aged 108. His pioneering work included developing the idea of a pollen count to help hay fever sufferers. Dr Frankland, whose medical career spanned 70 years, was known as “the grandfather of allergy”. As a British army doctor in World… Read More: Dr William Frankland, allergy scientist pioneer, dies aged 108 –… »
Research has found that middle-aged individuals in their forties and fifties with elevated cortisol levels, a hormone associated with stress, perform worse on cognitive and memory tasks compared to individuals of the same age who have average levels of cortisol. Elevated blood cortisol levels were also linked to smaller brain volumes. One factor that’s getting… Read More: Middle Aged Stress Associated With Smaller Brain Size And Poor… »