Spotlight on the aged care workforce

Yesterday my friend rang me asking if I knew of any subsidised dental service her father could access.  He had difficulty eating his meals and didn’t want people seeing his condition so was feeling isolated. He could not afford to pay for private dental treatment and feared he would lose his independence. Coincidentally, this month’s The... Read More

Interesting new research from Monash University indicates that older people living in higher-income areas are just as fearful as older people living in areas of concentrated disadvantage. Read More

Shaynna Blaze, on her mother’s dementia diagnosis HelloCare’s CEO Lauren Todorovic spoke to Shaynna Blaze, interior designer and a judge on The Block, about her own family connection to dementia and about design features that can improve the lives of people living with dementia. Ms Blaze was a member of Dementia Australia’s panel for Dementia... Read More