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Search called off for elderly man who fell overboard

The search for an elderly man who went overboard from the Sun Princess cruise ship on Saturday has been called off. The tragic incident, which occurred about 100 nautical miles south-east of Singapore, happened at about 1.30pm on Saturday. Cruise company, Carnival Australia, said CCTV footage showed the man, who was in his 80s, appeared... Read More

Residents banned from visiting loved ones on Christmas Day

  A small number of aged care providers will ban residents from going out with their loved ones on Christmas Day as a COVID-19 precautionary measure, despite there being no community transmission of the virus anywhere in Australia and no official guidance recommending they do so. The issue of residents spending time with friends and... Read More

Retirement Villages: Read between the lines

“Supporting seniors to make more informed decisions is undoubtedly the way forward”. In Australia, there are approximately 180,000 seniors calling a retirement village home (Retirement Living, 2013). Residents occupying the villages are on average older than a decade ago with 95 per cent of residents now over the age of 65 years (McCrindle, 2013). The... Read More
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