One of the hardest things about moving into aged care, is the transition of moving from your old home to your new “home”. But sometimes that can be overlooked in priority of other needs of the resident’s. “The concept of home includes experiential and emotional aspects: a feeling of familiarity, security, and comfort; an ability...
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Older aged care workers on the pension are choosing to retire or doing fewer hours than they’d like because they are penalised for earning as little as $180 a fortnight – even amid devastating staff shortages. Will the new government lift the income threshold?
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When the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Interim Report was released last October, Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck’s claim that he was “shocked” by the report was troubling, to say the least. The Interim Report, titled Neglect, was both candid and scathing in its assessment of the Australian aged care sector, but...
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