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An AI companion for aged care residents living with dementia? It’s for real
Over 400,000 Australians living with a diagnosis of dementia, one in three people aged over 85 is now living with some form of dementia or cognitive impairment – and these figures are set to grow, even as the aged care sector continues to see significant…
How to choose an in-home carer: seek the X factor
Words by Danielle Robertson Outsourcing the care of your loved one is a big step. It involves coming to terms with having strangers in a loved one’s home, at a time in life when they are at their most vulnerable, and invariably with you unable…
All retirement villages and land lease communities have great people like Paul Walton
Paul, who worked with the Melbourne Fire Brigade as a professional firefighter, and the Victorian Ambulance Service and Tasmanian Ambulance Service as a Paramedic, is an inspiration. He is the brains behind Lifestyle Communities’ Tour de Lifestyle, which raised a staggering $80,573 this month for…
Here’s the real three sisters: Margaret, Mary, and Rene
Margaret Morrison, 97, Mary Stuart, 96, and Rene Pearson, 95, reside at Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) Village Parkes in the town in the NSW Central West. Despite their different surnames, there is no mistaking the strong bond they share with each other. They…
On 24 January 2013, the notion of ageing changed forever
This was the date that being asked how old you are changed forever – why? A group of scientists have revealed the results of the first DNA tests that show humans have a traditional chronological age and a potentially more fluid “biological age” – and…
Talent never goes to waste when moving into a retirement village
Norm Neilson operated a picture gallery before moving with wife Jean to Benetas’ Dalkeith Heights retirement village in the town of Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria. His love for photography is alive and well and the retirement village is…