Category: Health and Wellbeing
How should England pay for social care? Germany, Norway and Sweden take very different routes
Germany funds care through compulsory insurance; Norway and Sweden through contributions and tax. What England’s social care debate can learn from them.
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Why the UK still can’t fix social care – and what four other countries got right
Every UK government since 1997 has reviewed social care funding without fixing it. What Japan, Sweden, Germany and Denmark did differently.
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Here’s what to keep in mind before and after an aged care assessment
Aged care assessments decide how much home support older Australians get. What to know before and after yours, amid criticism of the algorithm.
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Weight-loss campaigns aimed at First Nations women look like drug marketing in disguise
Campaigns aimed at First Nations women look like health promotion, but researchers say they work like marketing for weight-loss drugs.
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Australia’s aged care algorithm is under fire. At last, someone’s listening
The algorithm that decides home aged care funding under Support at Home is under scrutiny. Hal Swerissen on why the Commonwealth should rethink it.
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With a shortage of aged-care beds, discharging patients stranded in hospital is harder than it sounds
Thousands of older patients are stuck in hospital waiting for aged care beds. Why moving them out is harder than it sounds under the new funding deal.
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Health in the news (updated 25 October)
An idiosyncratic roundup of health news and research, from new Alzheimer’s treatment pathways to gene-editing trials for inherited blindness.
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New report claims food policy is an ‘utter failure’
A new report calls Australia’s food policy an utter failure. Why poor diet deserves the regulation we’d demand of any product that cost lives.
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Alcohol Harm Minimisation Policy is a Fudge
Australia still drinks too much, and poorly designed harm minimisation policies are part of the problem. Hal Swerissen on fixing alcohol policy.
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Are cats good for our health?
Cats have lived alongside humans for thousands of years. What the research says about how living with a cat affects our physical and mental health.
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Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why
Abortion has re-emerged as an issue in Queensland and South Australia. How US politics after Roe v Wade is shaping the Australian debate.
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Aged Care has a Massive Workforce Shortage
Aged care has a massive workforce force shortage that limits the availability and quality of services.
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