The Shanghai government thinks the tradition of caring for your elderly is fading in China. So it has introduced a punishment for the worst offenders: downgrading their credit scores. But China's one-child policy has created a unique set of circumstances. Read more at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36397775 #news #AgedCareCommunityCareHomeCareNDISRetire

NSW Government Property is upping the pace of a controversial sell-off at Sydney’s Millers Point, pushing another 175 historic homes to market through ­McGrath as the exclusive agent. The state’s property arm has appointed McGrath agents ­Richard Shalhoub, Lorraine Crawford, Peter Starr and ­Andrew Crawford to the handle the campaign, which could ­generate more than $470 million based on average sales prices fetched so far. On the fringe of Sydney’s CBD and on a harbourfront

The estimates are conservatively based on the federal government's planning ratio which forecasts that 88 people in every 1000 people aged more than 70 years of age will need some government funding for aged care. Calibre's research shows that to meet growing demand for assisted living and aged-care facilities Melbourne will require 32,252 more residential care places by 2031, Sydney will need 32,954 more places, Perth will need 9750 more places and Brisbane will need 17,000.

IF you're planning on having a few quiet drinks watching the State of Origin tonight, take a moment to think about how different the experience would be if suggestions to reduce alcohol related harm from St Vincent's Health Australia were adopted by the government. Firstly, that stubby of beer, glass of wine or schooner in your hand would be more expensive, and taxed on how much alcohol it contains. You won't see any ads for alcohol, and the jumpers of the Blues and Maroons w

A University of NSW team led by former CSIRO ICT Centre chief scientist Branko Celler is working with health insurer HCF to develop a decision support system that can help community nurses and GPs identify significant changes in vital signs data gathered from home monitoring devices. The project is a spin-out from the Home Monitoring of Chronic Disease for Aged Care project that Professor Celler and his team ran as part of the $20 million telehealth pilots program, which show

Up to 1.8 million low-paid workers will learn how much their incomes will climb when the national workplace tribunal unveils Australia's new minimum wage on Tuesday afternoon. Just weeks out from the federal election, the Fair Work Commission will hand down the highly anticipated ruling to determine how much the existing minimum wage – $656 a week, or $17.29 an hour – will increase for the next 12 months. In 2015, a 2.5 per cent boost to minimum wage translates to an increase

The Changing Landscape in Home Care Packages for Care Managers and Consumers June 29 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |FREE This free 90 minute webinar will focus on how knowledge, skills and attitudes are the key to working successfully in partnership with consumers and carers. Three key features of the webinar will be: Sharing the experiences of case managers and consumers from across Australia Tools for making objective decisions: autonomy for case managers and their consumers is essen

Editors Note: This scam was so easily foreseen but the NDIA has not issued any official statement or warned potential participants about the problem. Once scammers found out that the NDIA was doing signups via telephone, it was the perfect opportunity to deceive some disabled people. Personally I would feel uneasy about giving my Centrelink CRN details to an unknown person. The whole telephone process is really not suitable for so many potential NDIS people and now it has thi

Firms can tap into opportunities to win work with Chinese clients, but some investment is required, Brisbane law firm Bennett & Philp has said. The single-office firm recently sent a delegation of lawyers, including Mandarin speaker Sandy Zhang, to regional Chinese cities to further develop its connections with law firms on the ground. “The message about Chinese business investment in Australia is that they are here now, and growing, and we need to be working with them and ma

Funding aged care can be stressful for many older Australians, especially if they haven’t saved as much as they’d hoped to. But there is an option available that might help you to pay for your portion of aged care while hanging on to your primary residence longer: a reverse mortgage. Reverse Mortgages and Aged Care Reverse mortgages can be very helpful in some situations, but they can be damaging in others, so it’s vital that you carefully examine your individual situation an