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.
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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When spending time eating with residents while onsite reviewing a meal service at a residential facility, I am often told the food is no good here. My job is to find the Why? Frequently the blame is pointed upstream to the Chef/Cook that they are hopeless in the kitchen, or even further back to supply –...
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If you have visited Braemar Cooinda in Melville recently; you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve stepped into a beautiful forest thanks to new wall decals in the facilities’ lifts. Linking the various floors at Cooinda, the lifts were originally installed in a standard stainless steel cladding. However resident feedback suggested a preference for something...
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