Recently I took my aunt and uncle to visit WA 's Independent Living Centre. Independent Living Centres Australia (ILCA) is a collective network with member I...

As we venture into uncharted territory and begin to practice virtual hugs, it is even more important to stay socially connected, particularly with our older ...

Checking out concessions It can be challenging understanding the plethora of government concessions and subsidies which are available as we get older. Despit...

Put things in order sooner rather than later! With many baby boomers having parents live well into their 90’s, we have been largely buffered from feeling our...

Family gatherings over the holiday season are often the first time that we notice that an older family member is becoming frail and may need some extra help....

It is increasingly challenging to find gifts that are meaningful and helpful, particularly for older family members, who are likely to find it almost impossi...

When I first started out as a social worker in the 1980’s, home care services were primarily meals on wheels, gardening and home help. Typically, these would...

A common topic at any gathering of baby boomers is often “Should we downsize? When and where would be the best option?". The rapid expansion of support optio...

When my parents, in their late eighties and early nineties, needed some additional support beyond what family could provide to remain living independently at...

There have been recent reports of scammers targeting older people receiving Home Care Packages. The telephone scam involves offering a better Home Care Pack...

2019 did not start well! An unexpected back operation followed by a bout of influenza A which turned into pneumonia and ongoing respiratory issues resulted ...

With the preferred choice of older people to remain living at home, more and more providers are entering the home care market. The number of providers appro...

My mum died last month. She was almost 97. Mum had lived independently with help from family, friends, neighbours and a Veterans Affairs Homecare package up ...

Increasingly elderly people are choosing to access aged care within their homes to remain living independently. The positive benefits of remaining at home as...

Up until the beginning of 2017 Mum and Dad lived a happy independent life, married for 67 years; however, when Dad’s health started to deteriorate it was evi...

Planning for the future includes making provision for the possibility of reduced decision-making capacity, be it the result of cognitive decline, the onset o...

Increasingly the preferred choice of older people is to remain living at home as they age, leading to a boom in the home care business. More and more provid...

Current research indicates that most people want to remain living at home as they age. This certainly applies to baby boomers who are often reluctant to con...

As families come together at Christmas it is often the first time that family members have the opportunity to observe warning signs that an older family memb...

When my parents started their aged care journey a couple of years ago, I offered to help. I was completely unprepared for the complexity of Australia’s aged ...