“People need help now, not in 12 months.” A new survey has captured the frustrations of older Australians waiting for Support at Home services, with residents calling for a simpler system that delivers care when it is needed.
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Three preventable deaths. Three different aged care homes. One alarming pattern. A Victorian coroner has called for urgent national medication safety standards after a cluster of fatal medication mix-ups revealed systemic failings across the sector.
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Your career goals shouldn't have to wait for the perfect timetable. With flexible learning options, you can build your qualifications around your aged care roster and continue progressing on your terms.
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Ocrevus and Kesimpta remain on the PBS, but a review due in December is prolonging anxiety for Australians with MS. Danielle Formosa shares her story.
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Terminally ill Australians are being forced to travel for voluntary assisted dying consultations because of a federal ban on telehealth. Experts argue the law is outdated, causes unnecessary distress and should be repealed.
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Medication reform for aged care took effect 1 July, and the deadline has since been extended to September. While nurses now handle medication in residential care, one home care worker says her employer has left staff with no clear answers.
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Roommates aren't just for uni students. In the US, older housemates jumped 88 per cent in a decade. Australia is following, driven by housing stress, loneliness and longer lives.
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#WisdomWednesday
Wisdom Wednesday is about celebrating the experience and wisdom of our elders across the globe through storytelling. It's through these stories that we attempt to elevate their often unspoken worth and value of age unwittingly lost to peers and future generations.
Do you have an elders story to share or are you an elder yourself that would like to be interviewed? Help us celebrate the lives of older Australians through Wisdom Wednesday, a weekly segment posted every Wednesday.
Our older generation are by definition the most experienced members of our community, but as they age and transition into more passive, physically constrained roles in society, their importance often dwindles, particularly so as they enter long-term care.
