Fun Day at the Footy for Freedom Residents

When the house next door came up for sale at a regional aged care facility, management bought it and set it up like a ‘regular’ home so residents living with dementia could visit – and take part in cooking, cleaning and gardening. The residents are much happier since they have been enabled to continue taking part in simple household tasks, said the home’s dementia and wellbeing consultant. Read More

  Detectives have revealed they are in the process of trying to locate a number of valuable items that went missing from the Kensington Park home of disabled woman, Ann Marie Smith. The tragic tale of Ms Smith’s death pulled at the heartstrings of the nation last month when police revealed the shocking extent of... Read More

Two men have been charged with manslaughter after leaving their 73-year-old mother to suffer such extreme neglect that she eventually died. Brothers Phillip and David Thompson faced court today over the death of their mother, Shirley, last year. The court heard the men called an ambulance in August last year after finding their mother lying... Read More