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How good design can make aged care facilities feel more like home
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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...
Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reality
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its recommendations into effect. Most of these...
4 key takeaways from the aged care royal commission’s final report
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The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report into aged care has laid out an extensive plan to overhaul Australia’s aged-care system.
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Aged care isn’t working, but we can create neighbourhoods to support healthy ageing in place
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In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed issues and inequities across society. How we plan for ageing populations and older...
If we have the guts to give older people a fair go, this is how we fix aged care in Australia
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In the face of the harrowing findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the COVID-19 crisis, it’s abundantly clear...
The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities
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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...