Baby Maycie never fails to brighten the day of residents

  The other day I was reading (in The Sun-Herald’s Sunday Life) a moving extract from a book – Special – by Melanie Dimmitt, a mother of a sweet young child with cerebral palsy. At the end of that extract, she quotes an observation by Nia Wyn, another mother of a child with the same... Read More

The Power of Music for Resident’s in Aged Care Australians who were born during the 1920s, ’30s, ’40s and early ’50s, had classical music as the soundtrack to some of their life’s greatest moments. Bringing this music back into their lives on a regular basis can have some amazingly positive benefits. Elderly Australians like to... Read More

For many people Christmas is a time of gifts and Christmas banquets with family and friends. Some people have small intimate gatherings with their immediate family, some do loud festive feasts with their entire extended family. But for others, Christmas can be lonely, isolating and depressing. Last year, German supermarket chain Edeka featured a Christmas... Read More