Landline services falling year by year but seniors holding on

IT'S NOT often you see a car parked inside a nursing home. But renovations are under way in a room of an Inverell aged care facility to make way for a Holden Captiva.

HE MAY be Tiny, but this toy pooch is bringing big smiles to aged care residents in Sydney's Westmead to residents at Bolton Clarke Cabrini.

Scammers con elderly out of money by pretending to repair computer

A social networking project aimed at reducing loneliness in seniors called the The One Good Street initiative has taken out out a top prize in Queensland University of Technology’s Senior Living Innovation Challenge.

Now more than ever, seniors are tech-savvy. Figures show more than half of Australians over 65 have broadband at home and roughly three-quarters of this number use the internet daily.

Home care really does come in all shapes and sizes, and is designed to keep you active and independent, living in your own home. But assistance is much more than cleaning your home and mowing your lawn.

A NEW phone range for the elderly and people who are vision and hearing impaired has been launched by VTech.

FROM driverless cars to laser beams, technology is shaping the future of aged care. Here’s the latest on digital developments.