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Aged Care Melbourne: Broadband for Seniors Internet Kiosk Opened

By Samantha L on Thursday, November 21, 2013

Aged Care Provider TLC Aged Care has been one of the first providers to implement the Australian Government’s Broadband for Seniors program, an initiative which seeks to provide senior Australians with access to computers.

The initiative seeks to address isolation and help senior Australians stay up to date with technology. TLC Aged Care opened an internet kiosk for its residents last week as part of the initiative.

Aged Care Melbourne: Broadband for Seniors Internet Kiosk Opened

Understanding Aged Care: Facing Dementia through Theatre

By Samantha L on Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The family meets for the first Christmas lunch without the mother, Rose, whose absence is marked by an empty chair.

But how ‘absent’ is she?

And as the father begins to display some eccentricities, it is realised they may soon be losing him to dementia.

This is the synopsis for The Empty Chair a play that faces dementia, with understanding and good humour.

Understanding Aged Care: Facing Dementia through Theatre

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.

Aged Care Events Melbourne: Hollywood Comes to Melbourne

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: National Dementia Awareness Week