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.
There have been a number of strategies employed to attract and retain younger workers to the aged care sector with varying degrees of success. “Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it!” Mark Twain repeated this witticism and is often (incorrectly) attributed its original authorship. I was reflecting on it recently...
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One worrying takeaway from the first week of the Financial Services Royal Commission is how many elderly people are being adversely affected by irresponsible lending. Such lending is often the result of an agreement with a family member, for example an adult child, to help that person financially by entering into a joint loan. These...
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When taking into account the number of challenges that the average person will encounter in their lifetime, it’s easy to see how some of the most reliable aspects of day-to-day life can begin to be taken for granted. Chewing and swallowing are such a rhythmic and repetitive function for the average person that the act...
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