New Victorian care Facility challenges institutionalisation and segregation
Yackandandah Health is taking a different approach to care with its intergenerational home which has…More
Tagged: aged-care
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
Are you a carer? This free app lets you create a digital care plan – and talk to other carers
Our Care Journal is a new mobile app that lets you create personalised care plans…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
Unhappy with your aged care? You do have options
Last Saturday night I met the daughter socially of a resident in a Sydney aged…More
Hunks in trunks: UK aged care home treats female residents to dinner – served by nude butlers
First, pole dancing. Now a group of residents at Milton Lodge in Essex have been…More
45 per cent of aged care facilities now in the red – why we can’t wait for the Royal Commission to reform aged care
This week, the latest aged care survey by respected aged care accountants StewartBrown was released.…More
“We’ve been married a very long time”: Australia’s oldest couple celebrates 80 years of marriage
Last year, Esther Collings, 102 and her husband, Ronald, 103, were named Australia’s oldest couple…More
The Royal Commission into Aged Care – it’s good news but we all will need to pay
Following weeks, months and probably years of shameful stories in the media about mistreatment of…More