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Janice and Bernie Fitzpatrick on a fundraising ride on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, in 2015.

Bernie waited months in hospital for a bed in aged care. It never came

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park says the federal government should build more aged care beds or start paying the states to care for residents stuck in hospital.

  • Angus Thomson

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Respite care can provide an option for family members to take a break while their loved one receives care. But what about if you want to travel together?

How to holiday with a loved one who needs care

Respite care can provide an option for family members to take a break, but what about if you want to travel together?

  • Rachel Lane
Putting your inheritance somewhere it can’t easily be accessed – such as superannuation – could be a good move.

Do you have enough super to retire? You may need less than you think

Compared to 2022, Australians think they need 20 per cent more in their nest egg to quit work. But new estimates show many may overestimate the amount needed.

  • Cindy Yin
Generic hospital photos of John Fawkner Hospital in Moreland Friday 22 November 2024. Photo AFR/ LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

Spinal surgery, aged care, long COVID: Australia’s most expensive hospital stays revealed

Private health funds are becoming particularly concerned about the burden of long COVID on the health system, five years since the pandemic began.

  • Angus Thomson
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To replace grumpy with humpy.

Financial planning for aged care can be complex.

Most of us are anxious about aged care. Here’s how to change that

Unsurprisingly, the majority of Australians feel unprepared and concerned about aged care and the possible financial strains.

  • Rachel Lane
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The government is cracking down on dodgy providers.

Colleges shut, thousands of students lose qualifications in fake diploma crackdown

About 17,000 students across the country have been told their qualifications will be torn up.

  • Daniella White
Abha Anuradha Kumar.

Nurse to return $880,000 inheritance from patient she knew for 24 days

Disgraced nurse Abha Kumar ordered a will kit within three days of meeting 92-year-old Lionel Cox at a Collingwood aged care facility in 2015. The Supreme Court has ordered she return an inheritance of almost $1 million.

  • Cameron Houston
People aged over 65 should be given the option of not voting.

Over 65s should hand over their voting rights – the young have much more to lose

Voting should be optional for older people. We should be permitted to graciously sit the dance out and leave the floor to others.

  • Michael McGirr
The tough as nails supercententarian enjoying her daily glass of Emu Export

Praise from high places as Perth great-grandmother turns 110 and celebrates with her favourite beer

Bridget Grocke will soon join a very exclusive club, and says one thing has kept her going all these years.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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