Over 447,000 people in Australia have dementia. Health Direct Australia reports that nearly one in ten people over age 65 have dementia.1 There could be nearly 600,000 Australians with living with dementia by 2028.2 As such, dementia is the greatest cause of...
How do I maximise the value of my home care package? It’s easy to be confused about government-subsidised in-home care. At times there seems to be too little information and too many unanswered questions: How much do in-home care or aged care services cost? Will...
The year 2017 marked a critical turning point in Australian demographic statistics[1]. 2017 marked the first time in Australian history when one in seven people were older than age 65. It’s safe to say that everyone probably knows a senior citizen personally....
Aged care services in Western Sydney are making the reality of staying in your own home as you get older a possibility, rather than just wishful thinking. ‘Living in place’ or ‘ageing in place’ is the new term being used to describe older people who want to remain in...
In-home care services could be the solution you’ve been looking for when you live too far away to care for your elderly parents. Even if you live in Sydney, in an emergency, one side of the city to the other, is just a little too far. The need to care for your aging...
