What is it Like to Live with Hearing Loss?

Residents in aged care often live with various medical conditions. While many have dementia, others have heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis and other medical conditions that need treatment and management. Regardless, aged care residents are often frail, vulnerable and struggling with pain. However, pain is frequently underdiagnosed and undertreated in the elderly and this problem is... Read More

  As news of a second death at Anglicare’s Newmarch House aged care facility in NSW hit the airwaves late Sunday afternoon, feelings of sympathy – from those who have followed this story closely – were not solely reserved for the friends and families of the deceased. This high-care facility located in the suburb of... Read More

Placing a parent in an aged care facility can be a distressing time for families. It is not a pleasant experience financially either. Since the federal government introduced aged care reforms in July 2014, collectively families have been forced to find an extra $3 billion a year to move an elderly relative into an aged... Read More