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   • Consumers
   • Advice
   • · Education & Training

   Could seniors be the next batch of driving students?

   In the last decade, people aged 65 years or older were involved in a quarter of car accidents on Aussie roads
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   • Consumers
   • Industry

   More Australians are calling advocacy services for help with aged care concerns

   What caused an increase in the number of calls to advocacy services from Australians with concerns about aged care?
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   • Consumers
   • Industry
   • Advice

   What are my medication management options in Australia?

   Managing your medications may seem difficult but it doesn’t have to be
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   • Consumers
   • Industry
   • Caring & Carers

   Accessing free dementia information just got easier for Queenslanders of all ages

   Dementia Australia’s free information sessions can help increase Australians’ understanding of what...
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   • Consumers
   • Advice
   • · End of Life

   Invalid wills could remove aged care residents’ autonomy

   Waiting to update your will and other legal documents could negatively affect you after moving into an aged care home
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   • Consumers
   • Industry
   • Allied Health

   How carers tackle a controversial decision and why they do it

   Palliative care allows Australians at the end of their lives to be more comfortable, but some may chose another option
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   • Consumers
   • Industry
   • Advice

   Some older Australians can’t contact emergency services after network closure

   Telstra and Optus are closing their 3G networks on October 28, 2024, with experts warning older Australians to check the...
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   • Consumers
   • Advice
   • · Finance

   Older Aussies lose over $8.5 million to scammers in one month

   Tax returns must be completed by the end of the months and financial experts highlight why you shouldn’t delay...
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   • Consumers
   • Industry
   • Allied Health

   Australia’s rental crisis is pushing aged care workers ‘out of their own communities’

   Rental stress is affecting the aged care workers that are caring for older Australians
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    • Consumers
    • Caring & Carers
    • · Health and Wellbeing

    Free public transport for carers in Victoria during National Carers Week

    Why is the Victorian Government providing free public transport for carers this week?
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    • Consumers
    • Industry
    • Caring & Carers

    Dementia may become the greatest threat to Aussie lives: here’s why

    The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released new data that highlights a shift in focus for health care may be needed...
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    • Consumers
    • Industry
    • Elder Abuse

    Today’s Ageism Awareness Day fights against age-related abuse

    What does Ageism Awareness Day mean for older Australians?
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    • Consumers
    • Industry
    • Caring & Carers

    This upcoming technology could solve Australia’s aged care workforce shortage

    Some robots are used to manufacture car parts, but could robots soon be used to help older Australians in aged care...
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    • Consumers
    • Industry
    • Elder Abuse

    International Day of Older Persons to celebrate older Aussies and fight ageist stereotypes

    New Australian Human Rights Commission findings suggest that changes need to occur so older Aussies don’t...
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    • Industry
    • Allied Health
    • · Government

    Aged care quality could improve if allied health trainees receive financial assistance

    Eligible nursing students will soon receive financial assistance during placements, but allied health students are being...