Aged Care, Home Care and Retirement Living

Private home care takes pressure off

By Alice B on Monday, February 24, 2014

When Maureen Mahoney’s mother-in-law started showing the early signs of dementia, she began weighing up her residential care options.

It wasn’t until she stumbled across an advertisement in the local paper that Maureen discovered her mother-in-law did not have to leave her beloved home to get the care she needs.

Graduate nurse program signals hope for understaffed aged care sector

By Alice B on Friday, February 21, 2014

The aged care industy welcomed 41 new recruits last Friday at the graduation ceremony of a unique nurse program designed to improve the skillset of our aged care workforce.

The Leading Age Services Australia - Victoria (LASA Victoria) Aged Care Graduate Nurse Program (ACGNP) provides the specialist training necessary to work effectively in an increasingly complicated aged care industry.

You're never too old to dream

By Alice B on Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Uniting AgeWell has just launched a program to make dreams come true for its residents and community clients.

The WishingWell initiative encourages living life to the fullest, no matter what your age.

Tuning in: residents get targeted content with "in-house" TV channel

By Alice B on Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Aged Care Online Managing Director Ben Hannemann dropped into the Golden Days Radio studio yesterday morning to chat with presenter Dudley Chamberlain about his latest venture, Web2TV, and how it can bring the glory days of radio back to those who lived them.