Opal Aged Care on 7.30 Report – why families need to speak up
With the ABC’s 7.30 program recently airing some damning allegations of abuse and neglect, this…More
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Good news: consumer-directed care in aged care on its way
First Consumer-Directed Care (CDC) was launched to offer older Australians more choice in their home…More
Aged care residents being overmedicated, new research says
12 months after my mother-in-law entered an aged care home, we asked a geriatrician to…More
QLD Council puts stop to retirement village 10 years in the planning
The developer of a $60 million village proposed for Port Douglas has been forced to…More
Ticking off the ‘bucket list’: Melbourne aged care residents take to the skies
70-year-old Margaret Cook from aged care home Mercy Place Montrose has gone skydiving for the…More
Want free avocado toast for a year? Buy this QLD house
It’s not a hoax – Ray White Sherwood is spruiking the two- and three-bedroom townhouses…More
More than one side to a story: a mental health facility is not an aged care home
Watching the sad saga of South Australia’s Oakden Older Person Mental Health facility being played…More
Business asks: 457 visas for childcare workers – what about aged care?
With the Federal Government announcing plans to overhaul the 457 temporary foreign worker visa, this…More
Retired greyhounds find new lease on life at aged care home
Moving into an aged care home can often mean leaving a beloved family pet behind.…More
Think aged care will cost you the same as a house? Think again
Have you heard that the old ‘bonds’ – now called RADs – for entering an…More