Shovel-ready plan for affordable housing can’t find a backer
Aged care providers say politicians are ignoring a plan that will help provide a solution to a crucial short fall in affordable housing in the Clarence Valley.
Aged Care
Aged care car park plan panned
Plans to create a car park with access through their street raise the anger of nearby residents
Gympie man shares the dark creep, fear and pain of dementia
‘Our deep pain was that we had to watch on as she endured that dark creep of confusion; observing the great fear in her eyes as her world collapsed’
Patient spirals into depression over home care delays
Kaye Warrener said her husband’s spirits were buoyed when they were told they would soon finally receive the home care they needed. Now, a year later, they’re still waiting.
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What’s in store for $28M aged care boom on Fraser Coast
MULTI-MILLION dollar aged care boom is expected to hit the Fraser Coast in the next two years with two new facilities to be built in Hervey Bay and Maryborough
100 new jobs in Northern Rivers aged care
FUNDING of more than $5.5 million for 77 Home Care places and 44 new residential Age Care beds across the Northern Rivers will be ongoing.
Additional beds allocated for aged care facilities
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Increased aged care funding across the Northern Rivers
MORE than $3.6 million of on-going funding to provide 77 Aged Home Care places and 14 new Residential Age Care bedsd across the Northern Rivers.
Aged care facilities preparing for emergencies
Earlier this month Clarence Valley Council hosted a one-day workshop to help aged care facilities ensure their emergency plans were up to date and relevant.
Ice-cream day a sweet success
“If we couldn’t get the residents to the ice-cream, we would bring the ice-cream to the residents”
Samsung unveils new project to monitor elderly in homes
A NEW smart home project which promises to provide elderly residents greater autonomy and security has been unveiled by Samsung Electronics Australia.
The freakily realistic masks reinventing aged care education
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Elder abuse goes unreported in NSW aged care
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