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The stark difference between an aged care “home” and a real home has been laid bare by the COVID pandemic.
Residential aged care buildings...
Juniper Chrystal Halliday Residential Aged Care.
Nursing home residents confined to their rooms during COVID are like hypothetical tenants locked in their bedrooms by landlords...
Many older adults are learning new digital skills
to help them socialize virtually. Eva-Katalin/Getty Images
Time in the era of COVID-19 has taken on new...
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Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of...
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Scott Morrison finds himself besieged on two fronts in the political war over aged care.
The royal commissioners inquiring into the sector...
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Older adults and those with chronic health conditions share an increased risk of experiencing severe symptoms if they contract COVID-19.
But they’re not a homogeneous...
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Scott Morrison wasn’t going to be caught out twice. In Hawaii during the bushfires, the prime minister had hesitated before returning...
Seniors show pictures of what age-friendly homes
and neighbourhoods mean to them. Photograph credit: C Osborne.,
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp...
