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SPONSORED STORY: Gold Coast Seniors are embracing the ‘My Future, My Choice’ mindset as a way to control how...
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Regional Australia the winner in Government’s latest ACAR results
Australia’s rural, regional and remote areas will share in over a third of 13,500 new residential aged care places... -
Website to combat specialist ‘bill shock’
Patients will be able to identify the true cost of specialist fees through a recently proposed Government-run website. -
Jock keeps ticking with his timeless hobby
If Carinity Clifford House residents want to know the time, they only need to ask Jock Findlay. -
Spiralling out-of-pocket health costs biggest worry for seniors
Consumer peak body National Seniors Australia (NSA) is calling for reforms to put a brake on rising health care costs... -
Equal aged care access for multicultural communities
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Australians will receive support in overcoming barriers they may face in... -
Grant to support improved food experiences in aged care
More appetising, fresh and tasty meals are headed for Australian nursing homes thanks to celebrity cook Maggie Beer. -
Standards needed to keep people with dementia safe on the road
Researchers are calling for an overhaul of Australia’s system of managing if and when people with dementia should give... -
Royal Commission releases first background paper
The aged care system’s size and shape is “constrained by Government through controls on supply of aged care... -
$7.4m network to streamline aged care access
A new network of aged care navigator centres, information hubs and specialist advisers aims to streamline aged care... -
New tool and accreditation scheme to ensure quality across aged care, retirement villages
National peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) has launched a new online tool to help aged care providers... -
Moving Pictures showcase diverse community dementia support
Improving the understanding of dementia and access to care for people in Chinese, Indian and Arab communities is the... -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Waiting list frustration, more support needed for workers
Kaye Warrener’s husband of 56 years, Leslie, has been waiting for a home care package at his assessed level for 450... -
Choir brings Broadway to Adelaide Fringe
A touch of show biz is coming to the Adelaide Fringe tomorrow, as South Australian provider ACH Group’s Sing for Joy... -
More choice in NSW palliative care support
Thousands of New South Wales (NSW) families supporting loved ones with a life-limiting illness will have more choice... -
New “one-stop shop” to improve pain management in aged care
A revised and expanded book and additional resources for pain management in residential aged care homes promises to be a... -
People with dementia lose ability to daydream
Those with frontotemporal, or younger-onset, dementia lose the ability to daydream, research by neuroscientists at the... -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Some would “rather die” than go into residential care
UnitingCare Australia National Director Claerwen Little has revealed some concerning consumer feedback during the Royal... -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Funding “not sustainable”, compassion crucial to effective care
Concerns around ineffective funding models and workforce skills mix were heard at the Royal Commission hearings... -
Retire in style
SPONSORED STORY: In the next three decades, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is expected to experience significant... -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Dementia training falls short, more staff not the answer
Dementia is the “chronic condition of the 21st Century” and post-diagnosis support is crucial for people living with...
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