Have you made plans for your pets after your death? RSPCA offers free rehoming service for NSW residents
Their Home Ever After program is designed to look after the pets of those who…More
Author: Jill Donaldson
Jill Donaldson
A practising aged care physiotherapist for the past 13 years, Jill has worked in more than 50 metropolitan and regional aged care homes. She has also toured care facilities across the US and Africa. She is a passionate advocate for both the residents in aged care and the staff that serve them.
South Australian home care provider has licence suspended – reminder to do your research
This week we’ve been following the story of an Adelaide-based home care provider that has…More
Would you open your home to someone with a disability? South Australian provider puts call out for carers
Homelink SA is an initiative run by the not-for-profit Uniting Communities that pairs people with…More
New Victorian care Facility challenges institutionalisation and segregation
Yackandandah Health is taking a different approach to care with its intergenerational home which has…More
Pressures of ageing population prompts Waroona’s aged care home expansion
Quambie Park aged care home is welcoming a $3.2 million expansion to help ease the…More
Opal Aged Care opens state-of-the-art new care home in Blacktown
Located on Kildare Road in Blacktown CBD, the 149 bed facility offers a range of…More
UK debates docking workers’ pay to fund aged care – could it work in Australia?
The country’s former head of its Care Quality Commission (CQC), Sir David Behan is urging…More
Is this the real anti-ageing solution? A gym that works your brain and body
The Brain x Body Fitness Studio, set to open in the Adelaide suburb of Unley…More
Who’s watching? South Australia to debate making CCTV option for all aged care residents
This week a member of Nick Xenophon’s SA Best party, MP Frank Pangallo announced he…More
An app to detect pain in aged care residents? It’s a real thing
PainChek is a new mobile phone app that uses facial recognition to allow aged care…More