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To Kill a Mockingbird author to publish a second novel

on Wednesday, February 4, 2015

It has been over 50 years since To Kill a Mockingbird was first published, the one and only novel by author Harper Lee. However, it was announced today that Ms. Lee, now 88, completed another novel in the 1950s. The 304-page book is titled Go Set a Watchman and is a sequel of sorts to her famed To Kill a Mockingbird.  

Busted: Six Myths About Ageing

on Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Anne Tergesen, the Wall Street Journal’s retirement columnist, has created a list of myths and stereotypes commonly associated ageing and busted them all! Diving into extensive research, Tergesen put together an article titled ‘Why Everything You Think About Ageing May Be Wrong.'

 

Transition program helps older Aussies go home after hospital

By Alice B on Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Older people recently discharged from hospital are more than 50 per cent likely to return to the community after receiving care through the Government’s Transition Care Program (TCP), a recent report shows.

Conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the report analyses the activities of the TCP since its introduction in 2005 through till June last year.

A nation for communication

By Alice B on Monday, September 1, 2014

Communication is the key to self-expression and healthy relationships, but more than 1.1 million Australians suffer with some kind of communication disorder.

Saturday marked the end of National Speech Pathology Week, an Australia-wide campaign to help raise awareness of the challenges associated with communication disorders and the methods available to overcome them.