Royal Commission to investigate aged care failings – but needs to provide solutions too
Like many, we were deeply affected by the stories presented in Monday’s Four Corners investigation…More
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Moving from a retirement village to aged care? This new contract offers a switch – without paying double fees
The main fee paid to enter a retirement village – the Deferred Management Fee (DMF)…More
Government rushes through $90 million in aged care funding – but more needed to solve staffing and funding issues
With the ABC’s Four Corners program starting an investigation into the aged care sector next…More
Daughter catches aged care worker assaulting father with camera – reminder to report concerns straightaway
Like many, we were shocked last week by the video of a Sydney aged care…More
Families caught out after loaning money to pay for aged care – how specialist financial advice can help
Recently we received a query on our agedcare101 forum from a woman who had loaned…More
One in three older Aussies have this muscle-wasting condition – and most of us don’t even know it
Medical experts say that sarcopenia – the loss of skeletal muscle as we age –…More
Retirement villages and aged care: “inappropriate development” or fulfilling a community need?
Another week, another retirement village proposal rejected as an ‘overdevelopment’, this time at Mona Vale…More
Good news for home care recipients: money from Government’s Pension Loans Scheme won’t be counted as income
The Department of Health has backtracked on its decision to include money borrowed under the…More
Have your say on the issues important to senior Australians – fill in this survey
Peak body Council on the Ageing Australia (COTA) wants our new Government to “speak up”…More
Grand slam! Aged care provider donates $4,000 to 88-year-old hoping to be crowned tennis world champion
Feros Care surprised Byron Bay local Margaret Fisher during a training session last week with…More