Community Behind new Alliance to make Hunter an Age Friendly Community. The Hunter community is getting behind a new alliance to get all levels of government, business, NGOs and citizens to focus more on older people and work together to make the Hunter an age friendly community. Hunter Ageing Alliance
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Minister Robert’s comments are a smokescreen for NDIS “power grab.” By Senator Jordon Steele-John Australian Greens DIsability spokesman. Comments by Minister Robert about the NDIS as cynical, misleading and offensive. Minister Robert’s comments about our NDIS are deeply concerning and a smokescreen for a much broader power grab from the
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Free legal clinic supports vulnerable older people. Newcastle Law School now has a free legal service for aged people in Newcastle and Gosford. The Older Persons Legal Clinic, awarded a three-year $696,000 State Government grant, will focus on increasing access to justice for older people. The clinics will reduce the
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Australia’s aged care sector has been the subject of more than 30 major inquiries and reviews since 1997. By Eileen Webb Professor of Law and Ageing, UniSA, and Christie M. Gardiner Associate Lecturer of Law, University of Newcastle, and Teresa Somes Associate Lecturer, Macquarie University. It is fair to say the findings
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Kindies and Oldies connect with the written word… and some Zooming. Kindergarten children and Hunter aged care residents have bonded during the COVID-19 lockdown. Above ~ Margaret and Acacia’s art at Calvary Nazareth Retirement Community, Belmont. Below ~ Edgeworth Heights Public School kindergarteners Holly (left) and Acacia teleconfer with Margaret
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Treating our elderly people ethically and with transparency. UNSW’s Richard Hugman says it is time to stop treating elderly people as objects, as the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Safety continues. The dramatic increase in COVID-19 deaths in Australia’s aged care homes begs the ethics around our treatment of
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Replacement value of unpaid care in Australia rises to $78 billion per year. A new report commissioned by Carers Australia estimates annual value of unpaid care in Australia is $78 billion – 29% more than in 2015. Produced by Deloittes Access Economics, The value of informal care in 2020 suggests
Read more...Over-use of Antipsychotics Without Consent in Long Term Aged Care. Researchers from the Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration (DCRC) and the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney have highlighted a critical need to address non-consensual and overly lengthy use of antipsychotics in long term aged care residents.
Read more...Court orders $6m in penalties against Bupa and compensation for consumers. The Federal Court has ordered that Bupa Aged Care Australia Pty Ltd (Bupa) pay $6 million in penalties for making misleading representations and wrongly accepting payments for extra services not provided or only provided in part to residents at
Read more...People Aged 95+ Show Stronger Brain Connectivity. By Heidi Douglass Research suggests that those aged 95 and over have more activation between the left and ride side of their brain than younger counterparts. Pictured ~ James Lovelock in 2005. Lovelock, born in 1919, wrote yet another greatly-lauded book Novacene: The
Read more...Aged Care Residents Disagree with Prime Minister. Aged care residents of Lifeview homes in Victoria have expressed their disappointment with the Prime Minister’s statements on allowing visitors into their home. … having people stuck in their rooms, not being able to be visited by their loved ones, carers, and other
Read more...Free legal clinic supports community’s vulnerable older people. Some of the most vulnerable people in our society – older people – can benefit from a new free community legal service (established by Newcastle Law School) in Newcastle and Gosford. The Older Persons Legal Clinic, awarded a three-year $696,000 State Government
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