What is it Like to Live with Hearing Loss?

Over the last 6 months, I have been travelling around Queensland speaking to older people about aged care services, and how to access My Aged Care to organise these services. What I am consistently surprised by is the confusion that exists across the board in this group, especially when it comes to the question of “packages”. On... Read More

Frank Price and a number of aged care CEOs approached Richard Colbeck late last year and proposed a range of short and long-term solutions to aged care’s current staffing woes. While Mr Colbeck failed to respond, the options discussed have the ability to alleviate industry-wide immediately. Read More

Residents of aged care facilities represent some of the frailest, physically weak and therefore the most vulnerable people in society. Many residents have conditions, and often comorbidities, that leave them in a great amount of pain. Dementia is particularly common in aged care residents, affecting approximately 30% of residents in low care and 60% of... Read More