Older people are often overlooked and marginalised, says Dallas painter, Amy Werntz. “Our culture is obsessed with the idea that youth equals beauty.” But Ms Werntz believes life lays an imprint on the faces and bodies of older people that is beautiful: it’s the reason she has developed a self-described “obsession” with painting portraits of older...
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One would never imagine that working in aged care puts a person at risk of violent assaults and verbal attacks. But for some aged care workers, this is a reality that comes with the job – something that no one should ever have to face. In Australia, up to 95% of healthcare workers have experienced...
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Additional Home Care Packages (HCPs) will become available during the coming months, but advocacy groups have said that still isn’t enough to fix the skills and workforce shortages the aged care sector is facing.
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