The most significant reason people move into aged care is due to a decline in health. In most cases, they need extra support, beyond what their loved ones can offer and because they are no longer able to live independently. During 2015-16, more than 2 in 3 people who began using aged care services specifically...
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Around 3pm on February 17th 2020, Mr Murphy was found in the Salvation Army aged care home at Chapel Hill. He was searching through the belongings of residents, looking for money. He had accessed seventeen residents’ rooms, including a 100-year-old man who is living with dementia.
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The residents of a Queensland aged care facility have united in protest against plans to build a crematorium within 50 metres of their home. Residents say the proposal to build a crematorium so close to an aged care facility is deeply insensitive. For those in the final years, and even days, of their life, to...
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