Aug 11, 2017

What is it Like to Live with Hearing Loss?

What is it like to live with hearing loss? Many older people go years before they do anything about their hearing. Today we talk with audiologist Marguerite and her client Rosalie.

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Who Are We On The Cusp of Death?

I originally wrote this post on ideapod called “Who are we on the cusp of death?” I have recently been contemplating mortality, the meaning of life and purpose. We all do, of course. Three events are uneasy reminders of my fragile mortality: Leaving the corporate world to pursue (as yet undetermined) entrepreneurial, creative and philanthropic... Read More

Spotlight on the aged care workforce

Ian Yates, AM COTA Australia interviews Professor John Pollaers, Chair, Aged Care Workforce Strategy Taskforce live from the Criterion Conference.   Read More

Hiding ‘grannycams’ in aged care facilities is legally and ethically murky

Our society is replete with tales about the unobserved abuse of vulnerable people – in schools, kindergartens, child care facilities, psychiatric institutions, hospitals and the aged care facilities highlighted in the two-part ABC Four Corners report. Institutions are under pressure to deploy CCTV to deter abuse and provide evidence for discipline or prosecution. But this... Read More
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