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

  A 74-year-old man has been declared mentally unfit to face trial for the stabbing death of his wife at their Merrylands home in Sydney’s western suburbs. Father-of-three, Vincenzo Coluccio allegedly stabbed his wife Elia Coluccio while she slept before washing the knife and driving himself to the Merrylands police station where he told officers... Read More

Three weeks have passed since a new era began for Byron Bay aged care residents as St Andrew’s ushered in a fresh start for the former Feros Village Byron Bay site so we checked in to find out what’s been happening. Read More

Assistants in nursing are being asked to massage elderly aged care residents, even those who are injured, according to a HelloCare reader. The reader has told us that AINs are expected to massage residents for five minutes in the course of daily personal care, and for a total of 20 minutes each week.  “This was... Read More