Long locks lost at public shaving
Charity event organiser’s overwhelmed by community support after raising thousands at mass-shave.
Aged Care
Wife begged for husband’s help to die, he could do nothing
SIX weeks of pure hell. That’s the only way Terry Gladman could describe the final weeks with his wife Helen as she lost her cancer battle. Now he wants action.
‘Almost hopeless’: Gympie woman speaks in Aged Care Comm
‘I hang on the phone for sometimes an hour waiting for someone to answer’: Gympie woman’s evidence highlights the delays contacting government care provider
Fee-free TAFE for some
A plan by Labor would see a number of TAFE courses offered to students for no charge
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Nursing home shame: Elderly left in their own waste
IMAGINE having your mum or grandmother falling and breaking bones because she doesn’t have someone to get her to the toilet.
Cowper Chat: Candidates on seniors
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CVAS: Let’s ‘Sing Out Loud Together’
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Sixty-nine years and counting for Keith and Roma Zietsch
AROUND the same time every day, 91-year-old Keith Zietsch arrives at the front door of the South Grafton Aged Care Home.
A robot seal called Francis is helping people with dementia
ROBOTIC technology from Japan is helping elderly residents in Toowoomba live better lives.
Nurse investigated after dying patient, 92, leaves her $1m
AFTER being left a $1 million fortune by an elderly patient in his dying days, a Melbourne nurse is now under investigation.
Aged care facility calls for investors to secure future
PLANS developed to ensure the Grafton Aged Care Home can continue to provide the aged care service the community has come to expect.
Frazer makes a clean break after 43 in the laundry
AGED care cleaner and her husband to spend retirement travelling around Australia and visiting family.
New aged care jobs in pipeline
ADDITIONAL ongoing funding of more than $1.8 million per year for 30 new residential aged care places in Maclean.
Slashing penalty rates could cripple workers
SLASHING penalty rates will greatly affect the Clarence Valley community and the local economy, according to Labor candidate for Page, Janelle Saffin.
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