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

    One of the world’s most respected aged care leaders was in Sydney this week to discuss how her organisation has navigated an increasingly constrained and complex aged care environment. Jane Ashcroft is the chief executive of England’s largest largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people. A highly respected leader and... Read More

How many of us take our friends for granted? In a good way, I mean. That they are there for us and with us in so many ways, with many of those heightened in these pandemic times, when we are asking about each other’s welfare, entertaining each other with items that make us laugh, or think, or both, staying connected through phone calls, Facetime or Zoom, and then – eventually – being able, if we live close enough, to get together in real rather than reel time. Read More

Imagine staring at the screen of the cash point machine, bereft to find your hard earned savings have dwindled to nothing but a few cents. This is the reality many of Australia’s older population face as they are scammed and ripped off by fraudsters. In 2017, Australians lost $31.2 million to investment scams, with those... Read More