aged care Archives

Home care packages and more: A guide to navigating the aged care system in Australia

From in home care packages to the understanding the aged care system and starting conversations about needs, this guide explains it.

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How to connect with the right support when self-managing your Home Care Package

A guide to the key steps and factors involved in ensuring you or your loved one can get the most out of s self-managed Home Care Package.

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Everything you need to know about self-managing Home Care Packages

When you self-manage you’re putting yourself directly in the driver’s seat with greater autonomy to maintain wellbeing at home.

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‘Showed us all what true courage takes’: Tributes flow for social justice advocate Merle Mitchell

Merle Mitchell AM, social justice advocate and former Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) president, has died.

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How women are carrying the added load of organising aged care options for loved ones

Organising aged care options for loved ones can be a process fraught with complexity and emotion. And it’s often women who shoulder the responsibility.

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How to start conversations with loved ones about aged care options

Great planning requires conversations and input from everyone involved. And that couldn’t be truer when it comes to aged care options.

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The aged care system is about ALL of us: Here’s what we should know

We bust some of the myths associated with the aged care system and shine a light on the opportunities available, thanks to our partner Mable.

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What I know about making Australia a country that is safe for all women

The roadmap to gender equity isn’t final and the joint policy statement isn’t definitive, but we cannot deny solutions exist.

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Is our aged care crisis breeding greater gender inequality?

Many women are already turning down roles and not stepping forward for promotions due to the demands of elder care.

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We’re learning how so many in aged care have been failed

The word ‘unprecedented’ gets thrown around a lot in 2020. But when it comes to aged care we can’t say we didn’t see this coming.

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Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken system

Could the federal government have done more to erect a firewall to protect the vulnerable people in these aged care institutions which come under its regulation?

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‘Serious lack of funding’ in aged care must be fixed: An open letter to the PM

Natasha Chadwick has been at the coal face of what is happening in aged care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is her open letter to the Prime Minister.