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Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike

Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike

Health Minister Mark Butler has defended a cut to private health insurance rebates for over-65s as he faces a revolt among states opposed to the change.

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

The federal government hopes a milestone pay rise for aged-care workers will help attract and retain staff in a sector stretched by shortages.

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

A first-of-its-kind, 60-minute course designed to help older people look out for fake news shows more than a third are confident in verifying information.

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Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Aged-care reforms are failing to rein in costs and are puting at risk elderly Australians' right to die with dignity, the sector's inspector-general says.

Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

No trace has ever been found of a 76-year-old man who was on a group tour with his wife at a popular tourist site when he went missing.

Neighbours' grief over remorseless killer's plea deal

Neighbours' grief over remorseless killer's plea deal

An 85-year-old woman who was killed and dumped in a river is being remembered as a generous neighbour as her killer finally admitted her guilt.

Dangerous winter virus far more than 'just a bad cold'

Dangerous winter virus far more than 'just a bad cold'

Health authorities are urging seniors to get a free vaccine to protect them from a common winter virus that can cause severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

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Just half of Australians feel prepared for retirement

Just half of Australians feel prepared for retirement

Just half of Australians feel prepared for retirement

Just half of Australians feel prepared for retirement

Women described themselves as less prepared for retirement than men, according to a fresh report, which also demonstrated the value of financial advice.

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

Aboriginal Elders and young children are forging special connections at a unique playgroup celebrating its first year of spreading intergenerational joy.

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

An inquest into the death of a 95-year-old grandmother tasered by police has laid out a host of alternatives available instead of pulling the trigger.

Family rues cop's lack of remorse for tasing great-gran

Family rues cop's lack of remorse for tasing great-gran

Family rues cop's lack of remorse for tasing great-gran

Family rues cop's lack of remorse for tasing great-gran

The family of a 95-year-old great-grandmother fatally tasered by police feel the officer who pulled the trigger showed no accountability for his actions.

Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Working with a government-backed dementia training provider could be a possibility for police after an officer fatally tasered a 95-year-old grandmother.

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

The supervisor of an officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman could have directed him to re-holster the weapon before he fired, an inquest has been told.

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Australians have been urged to start conversations about end-of-life care as the nation's ageing population puts palliative care in the spotlight.

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Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

The federal government is introducing free respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations for Australians 75 years and older.

'Frail' manslaughter accused released into aged care

Prosecutors have accepted an elderly dementia patient accused of killing a fellow aged care resident can be released to a secure ward, a magistrate has heard.

'Barriers remain' in voluntary assisted dying access

Voluntary assisted dying laws in Australia are largely working as intended, but issues around remote access and obstruction by health facilities remain.

Elderly manslaughter accused 'too impaired' for bail

A solicitor for an 84-year-old man accused of committing manslaughter at an aged care centre has sought for his client to continue to live in a dementia ward.

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Company fined for keeping woman in dark for 114 days

An elderly woman was forced to live with no power through winter after a power company mistakenly disconnected her and failed to act on her pleas for help.

$10m lured gullible grandpa into heroin plot, jury told

Offered $10 million to bring a camp bed "gift" from Laos to Australia, a grandfather stopped at the airport says he did not know he was carrying illicit drugs.

Plumber referred after great granny's bath burn death

A plumber has been referred to a state's safety watchdog after an elderly woman died suffering fatal burns from scalding hot bathwater at home.

'A joke': nursing home fined after deadly COVID breach

The families of 45 aged care residents who died in a nursing home's COVID-19 outbreak have lashed a $150,000 fine handed to the organisation as a "joke".

Strength training 'magic pill' to reduce cost of ageing

Australia spends more than $36 billion annually on aged care, but advocates say strength training should be taken seriously as a way to prevent senior decline.

'Lot of complaints': ex-minister's aged care warning

As the aged care sector gets used to major reforms, a former Liberal minister turned lobbyist has warned the overhaul may be having unintended consequences.

Financial advisor leaves 'groomed' retirees destitute

A retired couple who fell victim to a financial advisor convicted of stealing more than $1 million from clients say they were "groomed" and "ripped off".

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