Home / Latest NewsFind the latest news on a range of topics connected with understanding, preventing, and responding to elder abuse in our community.49 results found. You are viewing page 1 of 2.Four decades, 33,000 calls: Lifeline hero's tips on beating lonelinessTina Baldwin has sat with Australians in their "darkest moments" and answered more than 33,000 calls for help over fo...18/12/2025For the love of shedding! Podcast brings connection and community across Australia.The Shed Wireless podcast is produced by the Australian Men’s Shed Association and hosted by John Paul Young.03/12/2025Over 60 and anxious? Talking it out may work better than medicationA major Australian study has found that therapy may help older adults beat anxiety more effectively than medication.16/11/2025Relationships are the missing pillar of mental health policyIsolation, loneliness, and poor social connection are major drivers of mental ill-health.31/10/2025Giving the “Forgotten Australians” a helping handA group known as Forgotten Australians has been identified as having many challenges as they face the possibility of ...09/10/2025Think Again campaign to challenge misconceptions about dementiaA new national campaign urges Australians to change the way they think about brain health.05/10/2025Tassie’s Great Balls of Fibre men’s group in stitchesA group of Tasmanian men who enjoy knitting, crochet, and quilting get together the first Sunday of every month.07/09/2025The power of pets - loneliness and social isolation pilotA new pilot program is the first to use pets to help build connections between young and older adults to reduce lonel...12/05/2025Older and LGBTQ+ in WA? Help guide mental health services The WA Country Health Service has been invited to develop the State's first ever Older Adult Mental Health Model of S...25/01/2025New study to help meet mental health needs of aged care residentsGround-breaking research is underway looking at how best to support aged care staff to identify and meet the mental h...19/01/2025‘Is this all there is?’ Retirement can be a painful transition if we don’t adjust our thinkingIt’s not unreasonable to expect the retirement phase will last about 20 years, perhaps longer. How should people appr...18/01/2025How defence and veteran carers can get help in SAMany Australian Defence Force Carers believe they cannot access external help, leaving them unsupported. But you can ...18/01/2025Doll therapy can help reduce agitation and anxietyEvidence shows the use of empathy dolls may help reduce agitation and anxiety and improve overall quality of life in ...04/12/2024Report reveals loneliness epidemic amongst older people New research released by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW reveals that many older adults in NSW are lonely and so...22/11/2024Loneliness epidemic among remote, older, and younger AustraliansYounger and older Australians are disproportionately lonely and face increasingly poor health and higher mortality.22/11/2024Neurodivergent baby boomers a “lost generation” say researchers Seniors who experience the world differently demand understanding and action too.10/11/2024Prostate cancer mental health support callEvery year, 24,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, with 40% considered at risk of mental distress. 12/10/2024Free support for senior mental healthThe Older Persons' Wellbeing Network (OPWN) is offering a new FREE wellbeing program to support people aged 65 (and I...03/10/2024Ask seniors in your community R U OK? any dayR U OK? is calling on communities to ask Australians aged 65 and over, ‘are you OK?’ any day because life happens eve...13/09/2024Half of Australians in aged care have depression. What can help?While many people maintain positive emotional wellbeing as they age, around half of older Australians living in resid...29/03/2024 Senior suicide: the silent generation speaking up Over-85s have become the Australians most susceptible to suicide and a general lack of support is threatening to make...09/03/2024Men’s Mental Health groups need youAre you interested in improving men’s mental health? We are seeking to grow our OM:NI groups across NSW. 11/09/2023Community teams central to mental health care The focus of the Older Persons Mental Health Service (OPMHS) in South Australia is to support older people to maximis...14/08/2023Dog helps Vietnam veteran ease isolation and PTSDAssistance Dogs Australia reports that John, a Vietnam veteran living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mom...13/08/2023Bandit the assistance cat helps owner’s mental healthWhen retired Border-Force officer Anthorr started looking towards retirement, he began searching for a new furry comp...09/06/2023Free Course for Mental HealthThe MindSpot Wellbeing Plus Course is a clinically-proven treatment that helps adults aged 60+ improve their psycholo...12/04/2023The fresh threat looming for older LGBTQ peopleThe risk of loneliness and isolation in the ageing LGBTQ population is being combatted with dance parties open to all. 14/02/2023NARI opens the gateway to in-language resources for dementia carersCulturally and linguistically diverse communities will have greater access to essential resources for dementia and de...12/12/2022National Dementia Action PlanNational Dementia Action Plan12/12/2022How plants can be key to unlocking memories in dementia patientsNature-based therapies at Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden are engaging and stimulating the brains of older Australians ...12/10/2022 Back 12 Next
Four decades, 33,000 calls: Lifeline hero's tips on beating lonelinessTina Baldwin has sat with Australians in their "darkest moments" and answered more than 33,000 calls for help over fo...18/12/2025
For the love of shedding! Podcast brings connection and community across Australia.The Shed Wireless podcast is produced by the Australian Men’s Shed Association and hosted by John Paul Young.03/12/2025
Over 60 and anxious? Talking it out may work better than medicationA major Australian study has found that therapy may help older adults beat anxiety more effectively than medication.16/11/2025
Relationships are the missing pillar of mental health policyIsolation, loneliness, and poor social connection are major drivers of mental ill-health.31/10/2025
Giving the “Forgotten Australians” a helping handA group known as Forgotten Australians has been identified as having many challenges as they face the possibility of ...09/10/2025
Think Again campaign to challenge misconceptions about dementiaA new national campaign urges Australians to change the way they think about brain health.05/10/2025
Tassie’s Great Balls of Fibre men’s group in stitchesA group of Tasmanian men who enjoy knitting, crochet, and quilting get together the first Sunday of every month.07/09/2025
The power of pets - loneliness and social isolation pilotA new pilot program is the first to use pets to help build connections between young and older adults to reduce lonel...12/05/2025
Older and LGBTQ+ in WA? Help guide mental health services The WA Country Health Service has been invited to develop the State's first ever Older Adult Mental Health Model of S...25/01/2025
New study to help meet mental health needs of aged care residentsGround-breaking research is underway looking at how best to support aged care staff to identify and meet the mental h...19/01/2025
‘Is this all there is?’ Retirement can be a painful transition if we don’t adjust our thinkingIt’s not unreasonable to expect the retirement phase will last about 20 years, perhaps longer. How should people appr...18/01/2025
How defence and veteran carers can get help in SAMany Australian Defence Force Carers believe they cannot access external help, leaving them unsupported. But you can ...18/01/2025
Doll therapy can help reduce agitation and anxietyEvidence shows the use of empathy dolls may help reduce agitation and anxiety and improve overall quality of life in ...04/12/2024
Report reveals loneliness epidemic amongst older people New research released by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) NSW reveals that many older adults in NSW are lonely and so...22/11/2024
Loneliness epidemic among remote, older, and younger AustraliansYounger and older Australians are disproportionately lonely and face increasingly poor health and higher mortality.22/11/2024
Neurodivergent baby boomers a “lost generation” say researchers Seniors who experience the world differently demand understanding and action too.10/11/2024
Prostate cancer mental health support callEvery year, 24,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, with 40% considered at risk of mental distress. 12/10/2024
Free support for senior mental healthThe Older Persons' Wellbeing Network (OPWN) is offering a new FREE wellbeing program to support people aged 65 (and I...03/10/2024
Ask seniors in your community R U OK? any dayR U OK? is calling on communities to ask Australians aged 65 and over, ‘are you OK?’ any day because life happens eve...13/09/2024
Half of Australians in aged care have depression. What can help?While many people maintain positive emotional wellbeing as they age, around half of older Australians living in resid...29/03/2024
Senior suicide: the silent generation speaking up Over-85s have become the Australians most susceptible to suicide and a general lack of support is threatening to make...09/03/2024
Men’s Mental Health groups need youAre you interested in improving men’s mental health? We are seeking to grow our OM:NI groups across NSW. 11/09/2023
Community teams central to mental health care The focus of the Older Persons Mental Health Service (OPMHS) in South Australia is to support older people to maximis...14/08/2023
Dog helps Vietnam veteran ease isolation and PTSDAssistance Dogs Australia reports that John, a Vietnam veteran living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mom...13/08/2023
Bandit the assistance cat helps owner’s mental healthWhen retired Border-Force officer Anthorr started looking towards retirement, he began searching for a new furry comp...09/06/2023
Free Course for Mental HealthThe MindSpot Wellbeing Plus Course is a clinically-proven treatment that helps adults aged 60+ improve their psycholo...12/04/2023
The fresh threat looming for older LGBTQ peopleThe risk of loneliness and isolation in the ageing LGBTQ population is being combatted with dance parties open to all. 14/02/2023
NARI opens the gateway to in-language resources for dementia carersCulturally and linguistically diverse communities will have greater access to essential resources for dementia and de...12/12/2022
How plants can be key to unlocking memories in dementia patientsNature-based therapies at Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden are engaging and stimulating the brains of older Australians ...12/10/2022
