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.
97% of Australian adults have been exposed to the chickenpox virus and are therefore at risk of developing shingles at some point in their lives. (1) Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After chickenpox, the varicella zoster virus lays dormant in the nerves and it can reactivate...
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Older Australians are at risk of being ‘guilted’ into taking out funeral insurance policies that burden them with ever-increasing premiums – in many cases, paying more than the cost of the funeral itself.
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The digital economy and growing momentum surrounding information sharing in society, means the ability to build a truly robust chain of custody of care with a solid feedback loop within the aged care system is now possible at a far lower cost and in a much more distributed fashion than it was even a decade...
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