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 ...
Needed: “Visits from family and friends are critical to the physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing ...
Failure of care: Submissions opened on January 18 for the Aged Care Royal Commission and thousands of ...
Offering support: Keith Hamilton, Centacare support worker April Clarke and Shirley Hamilton CENTACARE support worker April ...
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 ...
Bale-out: St Agnes’ parish priest Fr Paul Gooley accepting a donation to the Bale Out appeal ...
Life debate: Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called for an inquiry to consider all aspects of end-of-life ...
Advocating for the ageing: BallyCara’s, Marcus Riley, addresses the UN in New York. Photo: Supplied. ...
New hope: Vision-impaired Judith Terry at Centacare, Enoggera. Photo: Mark Bowling FIVE years after starting to ...
Information: “With so many people living with dementia in their own homes there are some simple ...
Respect urged: “The reason we say ‘no’ (to euthanasia and assisted dying) is because we have ...
