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Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase

Image: Shutterstock Australian aged care policy and programs are increasingly focused on what’s known as “successful ageing” – helping people feel satisfied, happier and healthier as they age. The...

‘I tell everyone I love being on my own, but I hate it’: what older Australians want you to know about loneliness

  Picture: Shutterstock Over the past 18 months of COVID lockdowns, many of us have experienced the heaviness of loneliness — missing family, friends, and...

‘I can’t save money for potential emergencies’: COVID lockdowns drove older Australians into energy poverty

 Image: Shuttlestock Many of us who endured lockdowns in Australia are familiar with the surge in energy bills at home. But for older Australians who depend on...

‘Ageing in neighbourhood’: what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it

Seniors show pictures of what age-friendly homes and neighbourhoods mean to them. Photograph credit: C Osborne.,  Author provided (No reuse) The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp...

Listen To Older Voices : Don Carless – Part 1

Listen To Older Voices presents the stories, views and opinions of our older citizens. It is predominantly in a life & times format, with...

Listen To Older Voices : Marie Earle – Part 2

Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Uniting Melba and podcast through the Toorak Times and Tagg. Listen...

Listen To Older Voices : Judy Donnelly – Part 3

Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Uniting Melba and podcast through the Toorak Times and Tagg. Listen To...

Listen To Older Voices : Gary Fletcher – Part 2

Welcome to Listen To Older Voices, a program produced by Rob Greaves for Uniting Melba and podcast through the Toorak Times and...

More and more older Australians will be homeless unless we act now

A homeless man sleeping rough in the city. More and more older people will be homeless on current trends. One of the most pressing...
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