An elderly woman who became an internet sensation for holding up a sign that said “I NEED MORE BEER!” had her wish granted as a major American brewing company decided to drop 150 cold cans of beer on her doorstep. Olive Verenosi, 93, is one of the millions of elderly people around the world who...
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Aged care providers say that compulsory reporting of all ‘serious incidents’ in aged care homes will create too much paperwork, and should not be introduced. Aged care provider Anglicare told the federal parliamentary inquiry into aged care that when caring for senior citizens, society must ‘tolerate some faiture’, The Courier Mail has reported. Anglicare...
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While there is no shortage of praise and admiration for the nurses working in residential aged care, the same can not be said for personal care assistants. The well-documented failings of our aged care system have been front-page news in recent years, yet the lowest-paid and least qualified staff members in residential care feel as...
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