Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) has announced the winners of the 2021 Excellence in Age Care Services awards, recognising the organisations and individuals who provide exceptional care services across the country. Emily Skeen, 36, won the NSW Rising Star Award ...
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Inside Australia’s first homeless shelter for the elderly
When Bryan Lipmann founded Wintringham, he wanted it to be a place where he could envisage himself growing old. A place where if he wanted to, he could enjoy a drink, have a smoke, visit the local pub or leave ...
More »Creating ‘safe spaces’ for trauma: One nurse’s journey
For Lynda Walton, a mental health advocate and aged care worker for over 30 years, the most valuable part of her job has been the opportunity to help people. “I was one of those people that wanted to save the ...
More »People are strange when you’re a stranger: fear of crime and the elderly
We've all been afraid of, or been a victim of, crime at some point. You may have grown up in a dodgy area (like myself) where walking down the street at night set your nerves on edge. Or you might watch ...
More »L’amour is in the air for couples at Lifeview as they reconnect over fine wines and candlelight
On a Thursday evening last month, seven married couples living in Lifeview’s residential aged care home were treated to a night of fine dining and romance. Staff dressed in white shirts and bowties, tables were lit with candles and decorated ...
More »Underlying societal factors are contributing to older adult homicide
After pooling dozens of cases involving violent crime against older people, researchers discovered that the most likely victims of homicide were women and they were most likely to be killed in their home. The first comprehensive study into cases of ...
More »Debate stirs over legalised euthanasia as NSW set to consider new bill
Sydney state MP Alex Greenwich is leading the charge to legalise voluntary assisted dying in NSW, as he prepares to submit a bill for parliamentary debate next month.His campaign joins multiple states considering whether to grant people suffering from severe ...
More »Researchers collaborate with award-winning author to tell the story of chronic loneliness in aged care
Creative writing can deepen insights into how people living in aged care homes experience loneliness, according to a new study. Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, a senior lecturer of sociology at Monash University, spent six months interviewing residents living in residential aged ...
More »Bookworm clocks up 69 years as Liverpool Library member and 14,000 books
Dorothy Joyce McGillivray has been a Liverpool Library member for a long time. Since 1952 Dorothy has amassed a huge 14,000 books borrowed and the 96-year old holds the title as the library's longest-serving member. Pretty much the minute she ...
More »The vital role of nurses in home care
Amongst its many recommendations, one thing the Aged Care Royal Commission made clear is the important role nurses play in caring for our country’s most vulnerable. According to the final report, having enough skilled staff – in particular, registered and ...
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