Food quality for older people

Later today, nurses and carers at two different aged care facilities in Victoria will stop work as a call to action for better staffing levels, wages and work conditions. The Bupa run facilities in Ballarat and Clayton will hold stop work meetings with seven other homes across Victoria, after 14 months of pay negotiations with... Read More

The experience of human touch becomes no less pleasurable or therapeutic as we age, and yet often the only touch that older people receive is related to tasks around their care. But touch can be so much more. It is a way to let someone know we value them, even when they are old or... Read More

Helen Nihill retired from the aged care industry last year after a 50-year career as a DON. Always passionate about aged care, Helen spoke to HelloCare about the changes she’s seen in the industry over half a century. ‘On the job’ training Helen began her training at a country hospital in the 1940s. “I did... Read More