Dr Janet Wallace from the University of Newcastle, on the Senior Smiles program, which has been successful in securing more than half a million dollars to expand to more aged-care facilities across the Central Coast.

Dr Frederic Gilbert is a philosopher and ethicist in the School of Humanities at the University of Tasmania. He has been studying the positive and negative effects of implantable brain technologies, which are used to treat conditions including Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer's, as well as some mental illnesses.

Professor Nick Graves, academic director at the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, on the Centre’s recent forum that explored the potential benefit of delivering healthcare in the home that would otherwise be provided in-hospital.

Melissa McCusker, Nurse Unit Manager at the QEII Hospital in Brisbane, responsible for the acute care at home services, on healthcare in the home.

Alzheimer’s Australia national president professor Graeme Samuel on the body’s new report, The Economic Cost of Dementia in Australia 2016-2056.

Researcher Wendy Penney on her study, completed while she was at Federation University, that explored the implementation of action learning workshops in three nursing homes in rural Victoria, which she says has been critical in the re-visioning of how care can be enhanced for residents.

To mark Valentine’s Day on Tuesday 14 February 2017, Aged Care Insite spoke with Dr Patricia Weerakoon about the sex and love lives of older Australians, and what role professional and family carers have in this subject. Weerakoon broaches subjects including the use of protection to stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections, how to be on the alert for unscrupulous operators targeting the lonely and how to accommodate couples where one member is high care and the other is low care.

Jason Mills, a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology’s School of Nursing, on self-care among Australian palliative care professionals.

Anthony Bacon, Lifelink operations manager with Feros Care, on the provider’s new technology hub, called The Experience Centre, where staff and residents can play with or test out new devices and systems.

Jane Hill is the CEO of Ovarian Cancer Australia. February is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and to mark the occasion, there will be a function at Parliament House on Wednesday 8 February 2017 attended by government politicians and an Afternoon Teal, because teal is the international colour of Ovarian Cancer, on Wednesday 22 February 2017.