Carers

New Aged Care Act delayed: What it means for you

The new Aged Care Act brings more protection for end customers and puts more pressure on service providers to deliver good service and use customer money wisely. ACM file picture/Phillip Biggs

Older people will be at the centre of new legislation, but the jury is out about how long it's taking to roll out.

Anthony Caggiano

New Aged Care Act delayed: What it means for you

Older people will be at the centre of new legislation, but the jury is out about how long it's taking to roll out.

Anthony Caggiano

Tax breaks, better respite: Unpaid carer burdens laid bare in parliament

Law can be changed to make this thankless job easier. Here's how.

Anthony Caggiano

Tax breaks and better access to respite are among the recommendations suggested in Parliament to make unpaid carers' lives easier. Pictured are unpaid carer Heather Beattie-Davey with Helen Davey. ACM file picture

Tax breaks, better respite: Unpaid carer burdens laid bare in parliament

Law can be changed to make this thankless job easier. Here's how.

Anthony Caggiano

Burned-out, exhausted, isolated: The life of an unpaid caregiver

Report says unpaid carers provide care at an unsustainable level.

Eileen Wood

Unpaid caregiving can be demanding leading to burnout. ACM file picture

Burned-out, exhausted, isolated: The life of an unpaid caregiver

Report says unpaid carers provide care at an unsustainable level.

Eileen Wood

Think tank wants all aged care workers to have minimum qualifications

Find out how standards could recognise skills and improve screening processes.

Eileen Wood

Minimum qualification for care workers would increase safety for elderly Austtralians says report. ACM file picture

Think tank wants all aged care workers to have minimum qualifications

Find out how standards could recognise skills and improve screening processes.

Eileen Wood

Carers Australia: They have your back

Carers give better care when they're looked after, too.

Staff Reporter

There is always plenty of support for carers. Picture Shutterstock

Carers Australia: They have your back

Carers give better care when they're looked after, too.

Staff Reporter

Time to Kew a little summer rest

Short term stays at Kew Gardens Aged Care offer carers a chance to recharge while their loved ones get the care they need.

A sense of connectivity is at the heart of everything at Kew Gardens, which offers so much for people in respite care. Picture supplied

Time to Kew a little summer rest

Short term stays at Kew Gardens Aged Care offer carers a chance to recharge while their loved ones get the care they need.

Don't knock the power of community

Therese Murray

COMMUNITY: Aged care and disability sectors have managed to keep people connected despite the challenges of COVID-imposed isolation. Photo: Shutterstock.

Don't knock the power of community

Therese Murray

Aged care winners named

Geraldine Cardozo

ACSA Board Chair Sara Blunt, Employee of the Year Juniper's Joyce Ashworth and ACSA CEO Pat Sparrow.

Aged care winners named

Geraldine Cardozo

Dementia carers: lock in your lunch date

GUESTS OF HONOUR: From left, Ad Hoc volunteer Shilpi Aggarwa, whose son also helps out, with group founders Patrick and Margaret MacMillan.

Dementia carers: lock in your lunch date

From classroom to full-time carer

DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP – Julie and Ross Collins.

From classroom to full-time carer

Retirement Living

Marine rescue is all in a day's work for these wonderful volunteers

Jane Lewis, Jo Coffee and Bill O'Brien on duty in the radio room. Picture supplied

Therese Murray

'Dancing is my happy pill': Gail's tonic to a good life

Gail Hewton (centre) and her students performing the Can Can. Picture by Barry Alsop, Wide Open Images

This dance instructor loves keeping seniors moving and grooving.

Therese Murray

'Dancing is my happy pill': Gail's tonic to a good life

This dance instructor loves keeping seniors moving and grooving.

Therese Murray

Car nut Geoffrey keeps coming back to this legendary Ford Zephyr

Geoffrey and Maxine Wohlers with their beloved Zephyr. Picture supplied

Like many, Geoffrey Wohlers has a love for classic cars.

Therese Murray

Car nut Geoffrey keeps coming back to this legendary Ford Zephyr

Like many, Geoffrey Wohlers has a love for classic cars.

Therese Murray

Silent discos are now a phenomenon in aged care

Residents don their headphones and bop away. Picture supplied

Silent discos have moved into aged care to get groovers moving to a new beat.

Therese Murray

Silent discos are now a phenomenon in aged care

Silent discos have moved into aged care to get groovers moving to a new beat.

Therese Murray

Home and Garden

Anzac Dainties: A twist on the celebrated wartime favourite

Main picture: Anzac Biscuits fresh out the oven. Inset: A copy of The South Australian Country Women`s Association's 'Calendar of Cakes - A cake a day for 365 days.' Pictures Therese Murray/supplied

RECIPE | Need to fuel your troops? Try this classic CWA recipe.

Empowering older adults: Study highlights need for user-friendly products

Opening a tin is often a no can do for seniors. Picture by Simon Cohen

A study found most people struggle with parts like slippery handles and tight lids, while jars, bottles, cans and blister packs could also be tricky to open.

John Piggott

Empowering older adults: Study highlights need for user-friendly products

A study found most people struggle with parts like slippery handles and tight lids, while jars, bottles, cans and blister packs could also be tricky to open.

John Piggott