Ageing

Ageing

‘Pull your weight’: Health Minister escalates PM conflict after ‘grinch’ gibe

A war of words between the Prime Minister and state Health Minister is intensifying, as more than 900 elderly Queenslanders remain trapped in hospital beds waiting for aged care support.

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ExplainerAgeing

Australia’s VAD laws explained: How they differ by state

AFL legend Robert Walls is one of many Aussies who have made use of the country’s voluntary assisted dying legislation. Take a look at how the laws differ by state.

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Ageing

‘Certainly worse off’: Loophole causes aged care costs to double

A shocking government oversight has exposed thousands of aged care recipients to pricing exploitation, with some facing cost increases of 150 per cent during a nine-month regulation gap.

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Ageing

Over 50? You need to do this now to protect your sight

A new genetic risk factor for a severe eye disease that’s the leading cause of vision loss in over 50s has been uncovered. And the message is to get a scan to check for it, if you are in this age bracket.

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The secret slave trade caring for our elderly

Nurses have made shocking allegations of passports being confiscated and visa threats, forcing migrant aged care workers into unpaid overtime and double shifts.

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Older Aussies bombarded after privacy breach

Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne has revealed older Australians have been targeted by telemarketers after a privacy fail on a government website.

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200k in aged care limbo but feds can’t quantify the problem

Federal health officials cannot confirm how many elderly Australians are stuck in hospital beds because states define the problem differently.

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Ageing

My Nonna deserved to die with dignity in aged care

When memories of my Nonna come flooding back, I am still astonished by her courage. She truly did deserve so much better.

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ExclusiveAgeing

50k more aged care beds needed by 2030 – but we’re going backwards

A damning report reveals Australia will lose aged care beds by 2030 instead of gaining the 50,000 needed, as the Coalition prepares to grill the government over the crisis.

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‘Horrible truth’: My brother suffers as you pollies squabble

A brother with dementia trapped in hospital exemplifies an extraordinary political fight that could determine whether patients live or die while waiting for care.

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Ageing

‘Not even at the crest of the wave’: Chilling reality of aged care future

Queensland families are being forced to look interstate for aged care beds as more than 1100 elderly patients remain stuck in public hospitals amid a critical shortage.

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Ageing

‘I’ll need to sell our home’: Aged care agony as Albo snubs questions

Australian premiers have issued an unprecedented joint ultimatum to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over his failure to deliver promised hospital funding increases.

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‘Gonna wipe me out’: Disabled aged care patient waits months for $780k home

Australia’s aged care system reaches breaking point with 400-day waiting times.

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3700 languishing in hospital beds – PM must fix crisis, like it or not

The more than 3700 older Australians stranded in hospital beds due to the disgraceful state of our aged-care system deserve a place to call home, writes the editor.

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