Robots care for the aged
Have you seen the movie Robot & Frank? It's about a retired jewel thief who's dealing with the onset of dementia, and his son tries to...
Market economics not the solution for human services
There is a well-known joke about a drunken man looking for a coin under a streetlight: he had dropped it elsewhere, in the dark, but was...
Bull Creek: Alice Ross-King Care Centre offers first resident-directed care model
A NEW aged care facility in Bull Creek is offering the state’s first resident-directed care model and has been dubbed one of Australia’s...
The real bellwether on reform success
Dr Henry Cutler analyses the potential implications of the Aged Care Roadmap proposals and identifies some key gaps such as the impact of...
Providers should look for clues in the Roadmap to prepare individual path: CEO
The Aged Care Roadmap sets out the market-based and consumer-driven aged care system of the future, but the path is not clear and the...
Home Farm: How high-density living could solve Australia’s retirement problem
As it turns out, Singapore may have the solution to housing Australia’s rapidly ageing population. But whether Australians go for it is...