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Elder Care Myth: You HAVE to go to a Nursing Home

2023-11-24T12:39:37+10:00

“You’re 87 and you’re frail therefore, you have to go to a Nursing Home. You need to get used to that idea.”

It had been a harrowing couple of weeks for Edna. Being told she had to go to a Nursing Home was almost the last straw.

First Edna had a fall at home. Despite not […]

Elder Care Myth: You HAVE to go to a Nursing Home2023-11-24T12:39:37+10:00

SA Coroner’s health warning about Elders falls in Nursing Homes

2023-11-24T12:39:37+10:00

The SA Coroner has recommended that any Elder who has a fall in a Nursing Home, who is on anticoagulant medication (for example but not limited to Clexane & Warfarin) AND who has a pre-existing cognitive impairment must be sent to the hospital to be checked for intracranial bleeding. Falls in the Elderly community are common […]

SA Coroner’s health warning about Elders falls in Nursing Homes2023-11-24T12:39:37+10:00

Sir Terry Pratchett, Dementia Care and the Right to Live Joyfully at Home

2023-11-24T12:39:42+10:00

Sir Terry Pratchett, the internationally renowned novelist was diagnosed with dementia in 2007 and it stunned him. He became one of the 47.5 million people living with a form of dementia worldwide; one of the 7.7 million people diagnosed with dementia annually and one of the new cases recorded every 4 seconds. Like so many […]

Sir Terry Pratchett, Dementia Care and the Right to Live Joyfully at Home2023-11-24T12:39:42+10:00

The Best At Home Palliative Care

2023-11-24T12:39:43+10:00

70% of Elderly Australians prefer to die at home, rather than in a hospital or Nursing Home. Yet only around 14% actually die in their own homes*.

Most Elders end-up dying in the hospital or Nursing Home, their least preferred places. This is not the case for Daughterly Care in home care clients. […]

The Best At Home Palliative Care2023-11-24T12:39:43+10:00

Fair Aged Care Administration Fees

2023-11-24T12:39:47+10:00

6 July 2017 Update: Old-School Approved Provider refunds client $5,348.09 for GST incorrectly deducted from the client’s Home Care Package.

A different Old-School Approved Provider refunds client $1,504.59 for GST incorrectly deducted from client’s Home Care Package.

If your Government Funded Home Care Package Approved Provider advised you that they are doubling their aged care administration […]

Fair Aged Care Administration Fees2023-11-24T12:39:47+10:00