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Aged Care Events Melbourne: Hollywood Comes to Melbourne

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

This Friday seniors will flock to the Melbourne CBD for the fifth annual StarFISH extravaganza and the United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons.

300 of Melbourne’s elderly residents will converge to Melbourne Park and take part in this year’s theme Hooray for Hollywood with a focus on music, dance, culture and the old Hollywood musicals.

 

Understanding Aged Care: National Dementia Awareness Week

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

National Dementia Awareness Week (DAW) will run from 21-28 September with the aim of encouraging Australians to live a ‘brain healthy lifestyle.’

The week will coincide with World Alzheimer’s Day on 21 September and events will be held all over the country including events in Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and the ACT.

 

Understanding Aged Care: It’s a Tough Road for Seniors living with HIV

By Samantha L on Friday, November 15, 2013

Seniors living with HIV are still suffering from a lack of education among professionals in the aged care industry, according to a recent forum dedicated to the issue which ran in New Farm, Queensland.

The forum addressed the impact that HIV has on people who are ageing, with studies showing that conditions associated with ageing including cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, cardio vascular, kidney and liver disease are more common in a 55 year old living with HIV than a 75 year old living without HIV.

Home Care in Melbourne

By Samantha L on Sunday, February 24, 2013