What is it like to live with hearing loss? Many older people go years before they do anything about their hearing. Today we talk with audiologist Marguerite and her client Rosalie.
If I told you that right now, while you read this article, 200,000 Australian women were being abused, bullied or kept in social isolation you’d be outraged. Correct? What about if a new report came out that the same number of children were being sexually abused both at home and in supposed safe institutions? Or...
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When working as a carer in the aged care sector, it’s important to have certain – and somewhat specific – personality traits or qualities. One of these is empathy for the elderly. Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from their perspective – essentially the ability to relate to...
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You only need to turn on the television or pick up a newspaper and you’ll read a negative story about aged care in the media. But should you believe everything you read and see? In this episode of Grey Matters, Tracey and Ben discuss if the aged care system is really in crisis and what...
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