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When it comes to aged care, the decisions you make can have significant financial and emotional consequences.

Getting aged care advice? Ask these five questions first

When it comes to aged care, the decisions you make can have significant financial and emotional consequences.

  • Rachel Lane

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How you choose to pay for aged care matters. The wrong decisions can come at a high price, financially and emotionally

The one move that could boost your pension

How you choose to pay for aged care matters. The wrong decisions can come at a high price, financially and emotionally.

  • Rachel Lane
The Albanese government has delayed its aged care reform until November, which is good news for seniors.

Aged care reform delays could save you thousands – if you act soon

The Albanese government has delayed its aged care reform until November, which is good news for seniors.

  • Rachel Lane
Photo of New Abbotsford convent CEO Justine Hyde near the Abbotsford Convent on Monday 16 June 2025.

Abbotsford Convent fights plan to ‘wall off’ iconic spire with retirement village

Custodians of the historic site fear a proposed four-storey building would be “excessive and imposing” and clash with the convent’s public-spirited ethos.

  • Rachael Dexter
Resident and former teacher Christine Wright with Isaac Morrison, Jonathon Bateman and Tracian Ghirocian at Whiddon Easton Park retirement centre, in Glenfield. They love visiting their grandbuddy Christine.

Why talking to a 90-year-old should be part of every school’s curriculum

Twice a week, pupils from Glenwood Public School walk over to a nearby nursing home to visit their “grand buddies”.

  • Emily Kowal
The delay to aged care reforms from July to November will cost the budget almost $1 billion.

Labor delays start date for aged care changes, costing budget $1 billion

The delay will add to a growing backlog of reforms for Labor, which is also yet to ink a five-year hospital funding deal and new disability system with the states.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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You can get financial support for aged care if you have limited income.

Aged care costs are soaring but you can still do it on a budget. Here’s how

Not everyone moving into aged care has a house they can sell, or superannuation to draw down, so here’s how to manage it on a budget.

  • Rachel Lane
Nurse Penny Farries spends up to an hour and a half commuting to work from her home in Illawong

Penny’s commute is 90 minutes each way. No wonder workers like her are quitting

Most of Sydney’s care workers live in the city’s west, but demand is highest in the east. That mismatch is taking a growing toll.

  • Matt Wade

Think this election’s ageing voter problem was bad? It’s only going to get worse

There’s been a variety of reasons offered for why the number of informal votes among ageing Australians has almost tripled, but each one fails as an explanation.

  • Shane Wright
The eight residents died in six different homes in 2021.

Eight people died in aged care ‘resident on resident’ aggression. A move is under way to protect others

A coroner is investigating a cluster of deaths of aged care residents to determine what more can be done to protect those suffering from dementia and mental health issues.

  • Grant McArthur

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