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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
Who invented the flat white? Italian sugar farmers from regional Queensland likely played a big role
Explore the cultural influences and history behind this global sensation.
Garritt C. van Dyk
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Italian sugar cane cutters in the Innisfail district, Queensland, in 1923. Left to right: R. Cavallaro, F. Leonardi, P. Zaia, A. D'Urso, M. Bonanna, S. Zappalo, L. D'Urso, G. Lizzio, Alfio Lizzio (child) and Carmela Lizzio (cook). Picture by State Library Queensland/Wikimedia Commons
Add extra depth to your mac 'n' cheese
Go beyond the base ingredients to make this hearty staple fabulous.
Natalie Rodriguez
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Smoked Poblano & Manchego Mac 'n' Cheese (inset) by Natalie Rodriguez (main picture). Pictures by Abigail Marie Rodriguez.
Julie Goodwin unleashes two potato recipes ahead of Robertson Festival
Therese Murray
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Julie Goodwin will share spud recipes at the Robertson Potato Festival in May. Picture by Megan Doherty
Makeshift toilet highlights social housing issue
Social housing tenant complaints process still not working: Report.
Anthony Caggiano
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A woman in her 60s was left to use a makeshift toilet by using a bucket in the backyard while she waited for her social housing property in Victoria to be repaired. Picture by Paul Scambler/ACM
Here's the reason your packet of biscuits is shrinking
Choice has found 10 instances of shrinkflation at supermarkets.
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Biscuit packets have gone down in size but remained the same price due to shrinkflation, Choice finds. File picture
Who is most at risk of malnutrition in Australia?
SPONSORED | Line n' Easy share how seniors can pack more punch into their meals.
Who is most at risk of malnutrition in Australia?
Owning a fur baby can be a risky business and land you in hospital
Pets cause the majority of animal-related hospitalisations.
Eileen Wood
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They may be cute but dogs and cats cause thousands of hospitalisations every year. ACM file picture
Extreme weather safety: what to do to keep safe
From bushfires to floods, this cheat sheet tells you what you need to know.
A bushfire burnt close to houses on March 6, 2024 at Castlemain Road, Ravenswood in Tasmania. Picture by Phillip Biggs
Review
Easy meals, bakes and desserts in this new gluten free cook book
Therese Murray
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A peach melba pavlova by Laura Strange. Picture Lizzie Mayson.
Retirement Living
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
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Four reasons why older Australians love retirement village life
Find out why people find life easier now than in their family home.
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Retirement village residents say such properties offer convenience, security, friendliness, and affordability. Picture supplied
Grandparents leaving Sydney in droves to move closer to their grandkids
'Exodus' of grandparents to leave Sydney to follow families.
Therese Murray
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Grandparents are selling up to move closer to their grandchildren. File picture
Our oldest footy tipper Laurence Grovermann cheering for Adelaide Crows
Therese Murray
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Laurence Grovermann is looking forward to another winning footy tipping season. Picture supplied
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
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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
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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
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
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

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