In an interview with HelloCare, Janet Anderson, the head of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, spoke candidly about how recent changes that were made to the residential aged care quality standards provided a shift in focus, and would now place more importance on a residents preferences regarding their own care. While this has been...
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30% of advance care plans are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding, according to new research. How can you ensure the choices you make about end-of-life care will actually be implemented when the time comes?
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Many older Australians experience loneliness. In the last 12 months, some aged care homes have received no visitors at all. One in four Australians live alone. Though “nervous” about it, Old People’s Home for Four Year Old’s Aesh, formerly an economics teacher, eventually decided to “give it a go”, and said the experience of being on the program has brought about positive changes in her life.
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