Long waits, few male health professionals, worries about confidentiality and past bad experiences all keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men away from the doctor. Having a clinic nearby doesn’t mean men will use it. Services need to feel like they were designed with men in mind.
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Professor Kathy Eagar spent months pulling apart the code behind the Support at Home algorithm. Last night, she told the Senate inquiry exactly what she found: only 23 of 622 questions decide your funding, while dementia, mental illness and elder abuse barely factor in at all. Here's exactly how the whole system works.
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Shane had spent his life looking after others. When he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, his family thought the aged care system would be there when he needed it most. What followed was a battle that consumed precious time and left his family asking some difficult questions.
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