Providers are using interactive online tools to assist consumers to navigate the Government’s recent changes to aged care.
The Living Longer Living Better reforms that came into effect on July 1 include fee deregulation and the mandatory advertisement of allocated bond payments with every public listing for aged care accommodation in the country.
American photographer and sociologist Professor Cathy Greenblat was so moved by the relationships she encountered at a Queensland aged care residence that she decided to document her visit on film.
It Takes a Community tells the story of Arcare Helensvale, where the culture of care is defined by the strength of its relationships between staff, residents and families.
Yesterday afternoon the Federal Government announced the termination of the Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement, a scheme introduced by the Labor Government to provide additional support to those suffering the most severe and debilitating symptoms of dementia.
The Assistant Minister for Social Services Mitch Fifield declared the Supplement had gone well beyond the budget allocated to it by the previous government.
Around 1000 delegates and a field of international experts are expected at the Sydney Hilton today to talk sex, drugs and rock and roll in the lives of people living with dementia.
Risky Business 2: This Time It’s Personal is a yearly dementia conference conducted by The Dementia Centre in partnership with HammondCare that tackles deeply personal issues effecting the 44 million people living with dementia around the world.
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