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 Aussies have long prided ourselves on taking care of the less fortunate and those in need. But in our desire to do good, our traditional thinking and old-fashioned attitudes could be dooming many charities and human service providers to extinction. The world is fast changing for not-for-profits. It’s an interesting paradox that while businesses...
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People who have a hoarding disorder gather items to the extent that it affects their daily lives and living environment and they are emotionally and physically unable to discard these items. According to the International OCD Foundation, hoarding disorder affects two to six per cent of individuals worldwide. Hoarding is often more visible in older...
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Surely Scott Morrison didn’t need ABC’s Four Corners to inform him that the aged care sector is a national disgrace. Prime minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of a royal commission into aged care quality and safety surprised everyone, including the aged care minister, Ken Wyatt, who, until recently denied the need for one. We still do...
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