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Jobs Summit prime opportunity to Unite A Caring Australia

Equality, fairness and the shared vision of a better future are core objectives in both the Jobs Summit and UnitingCare Australia's 2022 Federal Election Policy...

Do we care enough about COVID?

Image: Darren England/AAP The COVID-19 pandemic has already generated its own mythology. In Britain, they talk of the “myth of the blitz” – the idea...

What happens if you want access to voluntary assisted dying but your nursing home won’t let you?

Image: Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in all Australian states. There is also widespread community support for it. Yet some residential institutions, such as hospices and aged-care...

Serving up choice and dignity in aged care – how meals are enjoyed is about more than what’s on the plate

Image: Unsplash/CDC Meals are rituals built around pleasures and choices. While what is served at mealtimes in aged care homes has received recent attention and Labor has pledged to...

Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight

Image: SARAH RHODES/AAP Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese...

Anthony Albanese offers $2.5 billion plan to ‘fix crisis in aged care’

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has made comprehensive reform of aged care the centrepiece of his budget reply delivered on Thursday night. His “plan...

Grattan on Saturday: Anthony Albanese treads cautious path in navigating around giveaway budget

Image: Lukas Coch/AAP It’s a paradox. The Morrison government, in deep trouble, has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes. But...

How good design can make aged care facilities feel more like home

Image: Shutterstock The stark difference between an aged care “home” and a real home has been laid bare by the COVID pandemic. Residential aged care buildings...

Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting

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...

Older Australians are already bamboozled by a complex home-care system. So why give them more of the same?

Image: Shutterstock More than a million older Australians need care at home each year. More than 1,000 agencies provide services to them. Despite the federal government allocating significant extra funds to...
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