Quality indicators – where next: what, why & who?

Surveys have found that older people tend to be more content than when they were younger, which displaces a fallacy often believed that the elderly are miserable and old age is to be shunned and ignored. I have a lot to do with the elderly in my role as an Aged Care Placement Consultant and I do... Read More

Abuse and neglect in aged care and the relationship to quality – Ian Yates, AM CEO COTA Australia Interviews Dr Julie MacKenzie, Senior Legal Officer, Australian Law Reform Commission about her enquiry into elder abuse in Australian Aged Care. #agedcarequality18 Read More

If you have visited Braemar Cooinda in Melville recently; you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve stepped into a beautiful forest thanks to new wall decals in the facilities’ lifts. Linking the various floors at Cooinda, the lifts were originally installed in a standard stainless steel cladding. However resident feedback suggested a preference for something... Read More