82-year-old man who wants to learn to swim has his wish fulfilled

Receiving a diagnosis of a serious illness can be devastating. Obviously, for the person concerned there might be suffering, and uncertainty and fear about outcomes. For family, concern for their loved one, coupled with the prospect of taking on the responsibility of caring for them, can be extremely daunting. Unless family have medical experience, they... Read More

At only 21 years of age, Betty Cooper made the decision to leave the safety of Australia to serve as a nurse in World War 2. Now 98 years old, she is finally comfortable being on the receiving end of care from aged care staff. Read More

Currently, I’m at that stage in editing my book about ageing where I’m reviewing what I wrote about managing the increased likelihood of problems with vision and hearing as we get into old age. Blindness was something that preoccupied me for some time as an eight-year-old, when it was finally worked out that the reason... Read More