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.
A worrying trend is the assumption that people with cognitive impairment cannot be expected to maintain a healthy weight, but as experienced professionals point out, the diminished ability for self-care can and should be matched by improving identification and solutions.
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An Idea that Stuck My mum had me in October 1966, after which she was very ill. I was the third child – my mum also had a six year old, a three year old and now a brand new baby. She had no family support, having moved from Brisbane to Sydney. And she really...
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The government says this new approach is aimed at making the NDIS fairer. But many people with disability think it is about cost-cutting. They also say an independent assessment is a “nightmare” process that doesn’t produce an accurate picture of people’s lives.
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