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Volunteers Helping to Make Experience with Dementia Better For Others

on Friday, May 12, 2017

As part of National Volunteer Week celebrations Alzheimer’s Australia Vic honoured the invaluable commitment by the many volunteers who enable the delivery of vital services and support across the state to people, of all ages, living with all forms of dementia, their families and carers.

Volunteers Helping to Make Experience with Dementia Better For Others

Appointment of Panel to Review National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes

on Friday, May 12, 2017

The Federal Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, yesterday announced the two person team who will conduct the independent review on national aged care quality regulatory processes.

Appointment of Panel to Review National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes

Aged Care Funding Changes: It Can Pay to Pay Big

on Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Changes to pension means testing that took effect on January 1 have changed the financial dynamics of both pensions and aged care in Australia. They are the biggest changes to means testing we have seen in a decade. Perhaps a little like fashion, where if you wait long enough flares come back in, this new asset test is the same one that was abolished in 2007.

Aged Care Funding Changes: It Can Pay to Pay Big

Aged Care Workers Urged to Sign Up for Free Mental Health Courses

on Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Older Australians living in aged care homes are five times more likely than their independent peers to experience depression and anxiety.