Aged Care Crisis: Australia
Articles of interest
With the looming federal election in Australia, aged care is back in the spotlight.
Here are some interesting articles from the media this week:
Aged care groups urge politicians to embrace further reforms to improve lives of older Australians (Source: ABC News)
- Australia's population is ageing
- In 40 years almost a quarter of Australians will be 65 and over
- More than 3 million will need aged care
Aged care workers say nursing home patients are suffering due to staff shortages (Source: ABC News)
- Understaffed and underpaid, does this sound familiar?
- There is no mandatory minimum staff-to-patient ratio
- Not enough support for aged care workers
The over-50s will be flexing political muscle (Source: The Courier Mail)
- Australian voters aged over 50 comprise 47 per cent of voters
- Ageism continues to pervade attitudes, this needs to change
- Demands designed to make life easier for an ageing population.
Dementia-friendly communities can improve care and save money
(Source: The Guardian)
- A feel-good, inspiring story about a dementia-friendly town in England
- Providing short courses for shop assistants, taxi drivers and hairdressers!
- Intergenerational work is important
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