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The voices of older people without homes and those struggling to afford rent must be prioritised as the new Albanese Government seeks to address Australia’s housing crisis, according to Housing for the Aged Action Group ...
An innovative aged care recycling initiative at a Melbourne aged care residence is helping the planet, and supporting older peoples’ wellbeing, one bread tag and plastic lid at a time. Since February 2021, Corpus Christi ...
Discrimination has been a hot topic for some time now and rightly so, but most Australians would be surprised to know that Australian governments have made age discrimination lawful. When the Gillard government introduced enabling ...
Spinal Life Australia urges the Federal Government and the Opposition to take to the polls with a single policy to help address this election’s two biggest issues – the cost of living and aged care. ...
VMCH, a not-for-profit organisation that delivers residential aged care, retirement living and home care services, was not impressed with the allocation of funds to an already suffering sector. Following the massive impact of COVID-19 on ...
VMCH’s O’Neill House, an end-of-life comfort care centre in Prahran, opens its doors this week to provide 22 beds for people to experience the best available support at their end of life. Sonya Smart, VMCH ...
Preventing and combatting elder abuse requires planning and an understanding of the warning signs and risk factors, writes Marie Brownell, National Manager, Estate Planning, Equity Trustees. Elder abuse is a topic that is gaining increasing ...
Aged care provider Wesley Mission Queensland has started 2021 with health services veteran Jude Emmer in the new chief executive officer role. Joining Wesley Mission Queensland from St Vincent’s Care Services, Emmer brings with her ...
VMCH has named Chris Hilton, who has a proven track record in aged care, as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), whose appointment is set to begin in January 2021. Chris has extensive leadership experience ...
Amanda Nicholls has been working as a Carer Engagement Officer with the VMCH Carer Support program for 11 months. But Amanda knows more than most of us about the ins and outs of being a carer, as ...
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