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Bernie and Barbara Donnelly, aged 91 and 95, have been married for 70 years, raised four children, and are now the proud grandparents of four. But three years ago, the couple began to notice that Barbara forgot things more often ...

A writer is proving that moving into residential aged care doesn't have to change your life. John Donohoe joined Uniting Epping Carinya five years ago at age 60 after his landlord passed away and sold his apartment, and is still ...

Australia's major advocacy group for older people has appointed former aged care peak lead Patricia Sparrow as its new chief. The Council on the Ageing Australia (COTA) announced this week that Sparrow will take over the helm as chief executive ...

An Australian woman receiving at-home care has said recent regulation changes made by her provider has negatively impacted her independence. Helen Neville, 76, lives with severe scoliosis, a debilitating condition where the spine is curved sideways, causing significant pain and ...

Unawareness among older Australians around accessing home care packages may lead to people passing up funding that would otherwise allow them to live at home longer, an aged care specialist has said. The government has started the rollout of an ...

An audit from one of Australia's top advocacy groups has revealed harrowing stories of abuse and neglect in aged care, prompting an industry expert to call for urgent reform. The number of calls reporting neglect and abuse has increased by ...

A new survey has found carers are exposed to higher risk of mental illness and lower well being due to financial and personal stress. Carers NSW surveyed nearly 7,000 carers over a month in 2022 and found over half said ...

As Australia's aged care industry grapples with perennial issues such as staffing shortages, care quality, financial insecurity and inflationary pressures, now is a great opportunity for decision makers to optimise the processes and technologies they use to manage external expenditure. ...

The suggested framework of a unified Support at Home program may have significant flaws that need to be urgently fixed before its commencement in July next year, researchers have said. The UTS Ageing Research Collaborative report was written in response ...

Allied health peaks are calling for specified time with residents as they are concerned aged care providers will cut specialists under the new residential care funding model. The Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) kicked off in early October and ...