When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.

The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

Today it has been estimated that the average 70 year old has four chronic conditions and consumes an average of 35 PBS scripts per year for those conditions.

Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.

Australia has an increasingly multicultural society.

Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.