Tag: Aged care
Do we care enough about COVID?
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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?
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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It’s a paradox. The Morrison government, in deep trouble, has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes. But...