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.
We all forget our keys in different places. We sometimes cannot find our phones and perhaps even forgot an old acquaintances name. We all have mood swings and lose interest in different things at various stages of our life. However, when does the forgetfulness begin to be actual memory loss? When do the mood swings...
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One of the reasons why I keep coming back to Japan to learn about their eldercare models is that each time I visit, I learn about new innovations and ideas, and new interpretations of old concepts. The country is moving forward all the time. On the first day of Ageing Asia’s Conference On-the-Go in Tokyo,...
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As the government and aged providers grapple over the way forward on visitor access in aged care homes, we’ve heard from families but have we really heard from the voice of residents? Over the past three weeks, we have conducted public polls and private surveys with over 5,000 aged care residents, relatives, frontline workers and...
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