Reimagining Care The simultaneous impacts felt by The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and Covid-19, coupled with already evolving legislative and funding structures and a new profile of aged care clients, has presented a significant transformation....
The way older people are portrayed matters. Previous research on framing and aging indicates that framing—the choices we make about what we say, how we say it, what we emphasize, and what we leave unsaid—can affect perceptions of aging and older people.2 In addition...
Most age-friendly community initiatives have taken place in middle or higher income communities, and many lower-income communities lack the resources or ability to make this commitment. Yet, individuals and small groups of people in communities around the world are...
For many, today’s retirement looks a lot like work. The difference? Work in their retirement years is now on their terms, not their employer’s or even on society’s expectations. Why are these retirees returning? For some, it is money worries and the threat of...
Quiet Quitting is a term which rose in popularity in 2022 and which will need to be addressed in the year ahead. Described by Hubspot as ‘completing your work responsibilities without going above and beyond. This looks like logging out at 5 p.m., not seeking...
“People are still receptive to music even in an advanced stage of dementia,” said the concerts’ moderator Veronika Mandl, “because it connects to different areas of the brain. “Music is memory, an emotion, a connection with different...
