South Australian children at risk of permanent vision loss
There is a significant gap in South Australia’s approach to children’s vision screening, with hundreds of children at risk of permanent, preventable vision loss each year, […]
Caring Futures Institute
2025 aged care provider quality and safety reports available now
South Australian aged care providers can now access their annual individualised quality and safety monitoring reports to measure their performance and compare results with other facilities […]
Nutritious school-provided lunches top of the menu for Australian parents
As kids head back to school and attention returns to the daily grind of lunch boxes, new research reveals Australian parents are overwhelmingly supportive of school-provided […]
Navigating grief in the aged care system
Grief for families in the aged care system begins long before the death of their loved ones, new research has found, highlighting the need for a […]
Draft-time pressure on player welfare
The road to glory in the Australian Football League (AFL) is highly competitive, with as few as 0.01% of more than 640,000 young footballers and athletes […]
Family-focused programs insufficient to prevent obesity in childhood
A landmark project co-led by the University of Sydney and Flinders University has found that family-focused early obesity prevention programs, such as group sessions with health […]
New national research centre to help Australians live at home longer
As Australia’s population continues to age, more consideration needs to be given to those who choose to live out their lives at home, rather than enter […]
Can AI coach us to a healthier future? For now, it’s a little too pushy
Artificial intelligence programs such as ChatGPT could potentially be used to motivate people to make healthier choices, but currently veer away from best practice, new Flinders […]
Ensuring a good death for those in aged care
Nurses play a critical role in recognising and responding to end-of-life needs in aged care, often identifying signs of decline up to a year before death. […]