Aged care
Did you know Australia has the leading rate of aged incarceration in the world? GRAPHIC: SewcreamStudio/iStockphoto I’m not talking about putting our aged into jails, I’m talking about putting them into care. At first this sounds good – how rich are we that we can house all our elderly in specialised houses of care? But when […]
“I want to go back to Ukraine”: A year into Ukraine war, older refugees running out of hope
AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA AND KACPER PEMPEL, of Reuters, report on the impact the ongoing war in Ukraine is having on elderly Ukrainian refugees…
Essay: Four key takeaways from the aged care Royal Commission’s final report
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEPHEN DUCKETT and ANIKA STOBART, of the Grattan Institute, highlight key findings from Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety…
Australia’s coronavirus death toll surges on aged care fatalities; NZ measures to continue
Melbourne/Sydney, AustraliaReuters An Australian state reported a record 59 deaths on Friday, the highest ever daily total for the country, including previously unrecorded fatalities in aged care homes over the past several weeks. The increase fatalities in Victoria state pushed the country’s death toll to 737 as the national cabinet – made up of Prime […]
What pandemic? For 87-year-old Australian Doreen Rose, life’s been busier than usual
When the global pandemic meant instant lockdown for those in retirement villages and aged care facilities across Australia, Doreen Rose hardly noticed. The 87-year old resident of Carinity Brownesholme (some 16 kilometres outside of Toowoomba in Queensland) had moved to her single unit there in 2005, having already travelled the world, and has been busy […]
Sad, shocking: Inquiry finds Australia neglects older people
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters An inquiry into Australia’s providers of care for the elderly has found they fail to adequately look after the country’s old and vulnerable citizens, in a scathing assessment of the industry. The public investigation into mistreatment of the elderly in Australia’s $A20 billion aged-care industry that began in January is expected be followed […]