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Dementia Vol. 18, No. 6, August 2019 is now available online Table of Contents Articles: Met and unmet care needs of older people with dementia living at home: Personal and informal carers’... Read more
Consumer?directed care for older Australians: Are resources identified on the Web adequate to support decisions about home?based care packages? ABSTRACT Consumer?directed care (CDC) was intr... Read more
Quality of Life in Australian Adults Aged 50 Years and Over: Data Using the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQOL-DW) Objectives: This study explored unique and p... Read more
EXTRACT Loneliness is increasingly recognised worldwide as a critical social issue and one of the major health hazards of our time. Our research shows older private renters are at high risk... Read more
Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care Program Evaluation 2018 – Australian Healthcare Associates
EXTRACT PICAC providers delivered a broad range of services to metropolitan aged care and CALD community organisations. Providers also assumed numerous board or working group positions and u... Read more
Strengthening protections for older Australians Development of models and options for a Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) for Commonwealth funded aged care service providers EXTRACT El... Read more
Consumer?directed care for older Australians: Are resources identified on the Web adequate to support decisions about home?based care packages? ABSTRACT Consumer?directed care (CDC) was intr... Read more
Consumer?directed care for older Australians: Are resources identified on the Web adequate to support decisions about home?based care packages? ABSTRACT Consumer?directed care (CDC) was intr... Read more
Social Participation in the Daily Lives of Frail Older Adults: Types of Participation and Influencing Factors ABSTRACT Objectives: The advantages of social participation for older adults ar... Read more
ABSTRACT This article reports the findings of a qualitative investigation of the way people find meaning through caregiving. It draws on the results of in-depth interviews with 37 informal c... Read more
EXTRACT Day 6 into the third series of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety involved another panel full of aged care workers from the sector talking about the need for staf... Read more
EXTRACT The introduction of legislation establishing a powerful independent Ageing and Discrimination Commissioner in NSW is a historic occasion for Australia, Premier Gladys Berejiklian say... Read more
EXTRACT Merle Mitchell is correct (‘‘I live in aged care but it is not home: an insider’s story’’, May 11-12). In entering government-subsidised residential aged care, by choice or otherwise... Read more
ABSTRACT Societies in Europe and around the world are facing an unprecedented ageing of the population. This situation raises policy questions regarding how to ensure the inclusion of older... Read more
EXTRACT Loneliness was in the news in 2018 with both the results of the BBC’s Loneliness Experiment and the launch of the Government’s first loneliness strategy. Research by the British Red... Read more