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.
Have you ever taken some medicine and then seen that it’s passed it’s expiration date? It’s happened to most people – whether it be the occasional painkiller or regular medication that you bought a few too many months ago. So what do the expiration dates on medication really mean? Is it like food, where it’s...
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New laws will compel all aged care providers to sign and conform to a single, strengthened Charter of Rights, under the Morrison Government’s latest aged care quality and safety reforms. For the first time, providers will have to provide a personally signed copy of the Charter to every one of their residents and care recipients,...
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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...
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