Tag: aged care

ALMOST 2000 St Laurence College students walked in solidarity around Brisbane city to raise money for St Vincent’s Foundation Queensland ...

By Terry Lees DID you know that the oldest Nobel Laureate Prize winner was Leonid Hurwicz at the age of ...

OLDER people are not "leftovers" to be discarded; rather, they continue to be precious nourishment for families, young people and ...

TREASURER Josh Frydenberg’s 2021 Federal Budget saw a massive $17.7 billion investment in the aged care sector, which was lauded ...

Aged care woes: A new coalition of health providers wants to prioritise the needs of older Australians. ABOUT 1,000 health ...

Loyal servants: Canossian Daughters of Charity in Brisbane. The congregation has transferred the operation of its aged-care facility and retirement ...

National shame: “Many witnesses have explained they placed their loved ones into residential aged care because they felt it would ...

Needed: “Visits from family and friends are critical to the physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing of people living ...

Failure of care: Submissions opened on January 18 for the Aged Care Royal Commission and thousands of submissions have already ...

Offering support: Keith Hamilton, Centacare support worker April Clarke and Shirley Hamilton CENTACARE support worker April Clarke carries with her ...

Careful approach: “If the virus spreads in those types of environments (aged care facilities) it is very hard to contain ...

Churches speak: Anglican Archbishop Philip Aspinall, Anglican North Queensland Bishop Keith Joseph and Brisbane Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge at the ...

Aged care caution: Queensland parliament told it needs to add another $200 million for palliative care. A DIRE lack of ...

Aged care: “This is shocking because the life expectancy for many of these individuals will be less than two years.” ...

Mutual giftedness: “In our conversations about VAD, may we remember the ways of our First Peoples. Their stories reach out ...

Better care needed: “Many patients die before their package is approved. It has been six years since the most recent ...

New approach: “Korongee returns to the simple home truths of ‘it takes a village’, pushing the boundaries in terms of ...

Difficult role: “Not many of us go to work every day knowing that someone who has been a friend for ...

Independent: “Living independently and in their own community is important to many people as they grow older and it’s critical ...

Failure of care: Submissions opened on January 18 for the Aged Care Royal Commission and thousands of submissions have already ...

Aged-care advocate: BallyCara chief executive officer Marcus Riley says he hopes to provide input into the royal commission that could ...

Bale-out: St Agnes’ parish priest Fr Paul Gooley accepting a donation to the Bale Out appeal from residents and staff ...

Life debate: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called for an inquiry to consider all aspects of end-of-life care, including voluntary assisted ...

  Advocating for the ageing: BallyCara’s, Marcus Riley, addresses the UN in New York. Photo: Supplied. BRISBANE’S Marcus Riley told ...

New hope: Vision-impaired Judith Terry at Centacare, Enoggera. Photo: Mark Bowling FIVE years after starting to lose her sight, Judith ...