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In this week’s budget update, an additional 10,000 Home Care Packages will be made available for older Australians, allowing them to stay living in their own homes for longer. This announcement comes as part of a $1 billion investment to reduce the waitlist for in-home care, one of the key recommendations in the aged care royal commission’s interim report.
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is calling on all aged care providers to enable and support their residents to be visited safely by family members and friends – especially over the holiday period when we are all looking to reconnect with people who matter to us.
There are two things that we know to be true about dementia: it involves parts of the brain dying, and the deterioration is progressive – which means things get worse over time. What does this mean from month to month, and year to year, for the person living with dementia, and their families too? How can families know what to expect? This interview on a care partner’s mindset from Founder and Co-CEO of Group Homes Australia, Tamar Krebs, explains.
Clients from Bethanie’s Living Well Centre in South Perth are busy collecting donations and packing ‘dignity bags’ to support the MacKillop Family Services Christmas appeal.
