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Social Affairs, Events, Aged Care, Associations, Charities

Café serves up intergenerational fun for residents, trainees and children

Menchie Khairuddin July 18, 2023

A unique social enterprise café on Victoria’s surf coast has become a thriving community hub for aged care residents, trainees with disability, and young customers.

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Jobs, Aged Care, Opinion

Opinion: Being an employer of choice in today’s tumultuous care worker market

Giovanni Siano July 13, 2023

It is no secret that the aged care industry is currently facing significant workforce challenges, with the demand for skilled professionals far exceeding the available

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Health, Latest News, Aged Care

CANA Aged Care Survey results reveal need for urgent action to keep older people and their pets together

Menchie Khairuddin June 29, 2023

A host of studies demonstrate how pets offer a myriad of physical and mental health benefits for people, such as reducing stress, providing companionship, encouraging

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Latest News, Social Affairs, nonprofit, Events, Aged Care, Health

Shedding light on violence against older people with vision impairment

Menchie Khairuddin June 15, 2023

The Fred Hollows Foundation is calling for more community safeguards to protect older people with vision impairment from neglect and mistreatment. Around one in six

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Latest News, Housing, Aged Care, Charities, Housing and Homelessness, Government

Australian company proposes game-changing solution to skyrocketing rental prices

Menchie Khairuddin June 15, 2023

Cubitt’s Granny Flats and Home Extensions, a leading Australian family construction company, is urging the government to provide incentives to homeowners interested in constructing secondary

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Latest News, Aged Care, Housing and Homelessness

VMCH says “Absurd” planning decision fails retirees

Menchie Khairuddin May 24, 2023

VMCH has labelled a VCAT decision to reject an Ivanhoe East retirement development in the midst of a national housing crisis as “short-sighted” and “nonsensical”.

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Latest News, Aged Care, Health

Residential Aged Care Facilities Virtual Care Service improves the health of residents

Menchie Khairuddin May 24, 2023

The new Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) Virtual Care Service, funded by Sydney North Health Network, will help those residing in RACFs to easily access

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Health, Community Organisations, Latest News, Community Services, Social Affairs, Events, Aged Care

The Hornsby Village Hub marks its one-year anniversary and enhances social connections for older Australians

Menchie Khairuddin April 4, 2023

Hornsby Village Hub celebrates its 1-year anniversary and enhances social connections to improve health and well-being for older Australians. One year since the launch of

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research, Latest News, Social Affairs, Aged Care, Risk management, Health, Innovation

Green light for Australia’s first falls prevention research in Aged Care

Menchie Khairuddin February 21, 2023

VMCH partners with innovative falls detection technology provider HomeGuardian and leading researchers from Deakin University in a three-year study. Funding for the research comes from

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Latest News, Disability, data, Jobs, Aged Care, Reports

New report reveals around 860,000 people are underemployed

Menchie Khairuddin December 8, 2022

Anglicare Australia Jobs Availability Snapshot shows that the job market is failing on long-term unemployment and has been locking the same people out of work

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