#agedcare — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #agedcare, aggregated by home.social.
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Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
By Melissa Davey Medical editorExclusive: FoI documents show senior health officials were warned of concerns about assessment tool weeks after it launched
#Health #Australianews #Agedcare #Laborparty #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor
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Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/12/dementia-patients-warned-applying-algorithm-aged-care-funding #Health #AustraliaNews #AgedCare #LaborParty #AustralianPolitics
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Coway bidet toilet seat remote control holder.It is too big for the remote.
The remote moves around when the button is pushed.(Thanks Coway. Your holder is not fit for purpose. smh. )
I made a pad of expanded styrofoam measuring 71mm wide, 77mm tall and angled from ~6mm thick at the top to 7mm thick at the bottom.
This will be put in the back bottom of the holder and held in place with double sided tape.
#BidetToiletSeat #DesignFail #Coway #AgedCare #AgedCareInHome #Toileting
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Release the algorithm and all the assumptions on which it relies.
#auspol #DataScience #GIGO #AgedCare #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health s... -
Release the algorithm and all the assumptions on which it relies.
#auspol #DataScience #GIGO #AgedCare #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health s... -
Release the algorithm and all the assumptions on which it relies.
#auspol #DataScience #GIGO #AgedCare #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health s... -
Release the algorithm and all the assumptions on which it relies.
#auspol #DataScience #GIGO #AgedCare #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health s... -
Release the algorithm and all the assumptions on which it relies.
#auspol #DataScience #GIGO #AgedCare #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health s... -
‘Catastrophic’ fears: health staff made lists of concerning cases days after Australia’s aged care funding tool launch
By Melissa Davey Medical editorExclusive: Documents reveal assessors’ grave fears if client needs are underestimated by tool that can’t be overridden
#Agedcare #Health #Australianpolitics #WesternAustralia #NewSouthWales #Victoria #Queensland #NorthernTerritory #Health #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor
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Town wins fight to keep aged care community owned
By Liam McNallyA transfer of ownership of a community-owned nursing home to a national provider has been voted down at the last minute.
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Live: Are you struggling to access basic health care? Have your say
By Annabel Bowles and Tessa FlemmingWhether you are battling high costs, long distances or stretching waitlists, many Australians have told us that accessing health care is becoming harder than ever.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/your-say-on-access-to-health-care/107110276
#Health #HealthPolicy #HealthcareFacilities #MentalHealth #WomensHealth #DentalCare #AgedCare #DisabilityAccess #AnnabelBowles #TessaFlemming
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Plan to keep older people close to family in search of funding
By Peta JohansenKilkivan and District Community Care Association Incorporated started the community hub with in-home care and a transport service, but now wants to build interim accommodation for seniors transitioning from large properties who are not quite ready for an aged care facility.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/kilkivan-seniors-ageing-in-place/107115236
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States fume over private health changes 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
By Stephanie DalzellThe states and territories set the stage for a showdown with the Commonwealth over its proposed changes to private health insurance rebates.
#HealthPolicy #FederalStateIssues #AgedCare #HealthInsurance #StephanieDalzell
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Major aged care agency has licence suspended amid fears elderly at risk
By Jessica LongbottomA staffing agency that has provided workers to aged care homes has had its licence suspended over claims it altered pay slips and deployed dozens of unqualified staff to care for the elderly.
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SA government concerned over proposed health insurance rebate cuts
By Leah MacLennanThe South Australian government is warning proposed cuts to health insurance rebates for older Australians could lead to more people turning to the already struggling public health system.
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So let me get this straight, a 20sqm room in a for-profit aged care facility requires a $1.95m deposit and $10k a month in fees.
And the cheaper $1.25m rooms? When residents die, they get renovated and re-listed for $1.65m.
This is the market delivering for our most vulnerable. Aged care isn't about care anymore, it's about property speculation, cheap labour, and siphoning public money.
Meanwhile, the bed blockers (a cruel term for frail older people) are stuck in hospital because they can't find a bed, even if they can afford a $750k deposit.
This is what happens when you privatise essential services. Profit becomes the goal. People become the product. And the system becomes a nightmare to navigate for those who can least cope.#AusPol #AgedCare #PrivatisationFails
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/australia-for-profit-aged-care
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@andyjennings
Sure, but it is indicative of the parlous state of #AgedCare in the hands of #ProfitMaking #Grifters — which is not to deride everyone in aged care, where I am sure well-meaning individuals in aged care provider businesses ought to extract some profit to *live* on (whether wages or salary).The definitive public discourse ought to be about #Grifters and large enterprises with questionable morals/ethics and of course the bigger issue of #StateCapture (private profits v social debt).
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“[The] recently departed inspector general of aged care, Natalie Siegel-Brown,[…] believes the system should be turned upside down to start with the outcomes we want, rather than the mechanics of funding and services: to put care first, help people stay at home and connected to their communities. This already occurs with the aged veterans’ care program.”
While I concur 100% with her, there is no way in hell our govt (of any political persuasion) can ever do this while they are busy sticking gum here and there to hold the current systems together. Because that is all they will ever do. What then is the solution?
If one believes that nothing will ever happen to make aged care, affordable and…, well, caring, the answer is to have a *quality of life* Will and an nominated *Power Of Attorney for Health care* mandating AD (assisted dying) when circumstances become intolerable for lack of healthcare support.
The things we are forced to contemplate when irresponsible and deaf govts are in charge… btw, Agedcare **IS** Healthcare, there are no differences here.
If anyone has a better idea, I’ll listen intently, cause I have a stake in this.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/australia-for-profit-aged-care
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Older Australians weigh cost of changes to health insurance rebates
By Sarah Buchecker and Grace MarshallThe Coalition is concerned about further pressure on the public health system, as older Australians consider cutting private health insurance ahead of proposed rebate changes.
#HealthInsurance #HealthPolicy #FederalGovernment #HealthcareFacilities #AgedCare #SarahBuchecker #GraceMarshall
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A $1.95m deposit and $10k a month: welcome to the for-profit world of Australian aged care where no one is a winner | Julianne Schultz
By Julianne SchultzLike all the privatised care services, the business of aged care is about property, cheap labour and public money
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/aug/30/australia-for-profit-aged-care
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Interacting with a bank?
Give them no information that you are not legally obliged to give them.
Account holder has died & you have a recognised Power of Attorney?
Don't tell the bank about the death unless you are legally obligated to.
Account holder has reduced capacity & you have a recognised Power of Attorney?
Don't tell the bank unless you are legally obligated to.
The bank will screw people over if in their best interest.
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Specialist care replaces hospital trips for aged care residents
By Kelly FullerThousands of aged care residents are avoiding trips to hospital as specialist clinicians bring treatment directly to them.
#AgedCare #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #EmergencyCare #KellyFuller
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'Pretty remarkable' man living with MND for 29 years after diagnosis
By Sarah RichardsThe Queensland grandfather was diagnosed with motor neurone disease 29 years ago. He celebrated his 90th birthday last month.
#MotorNeuronedisease #PeopleWithDisability #AgedCare #SarahRichards
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Why can't clinicians override inaccurate algorithm decisions?
By Anne ConnollyIf the government wants a true indication of the level of feeling in the community, perhaps it should read the thousands of comments on Facebook where discussions about the algorithm, long waitlists, and people dying are growing by the day.
#AgedCare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #RoyalCommissions #Health #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Carers #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AnneConnolly
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All roads lead back to the Desiccated Coconut: John fucking Howard!
#australia #ausgov #agedcare #privatisation #monetisingmisery
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Liberals accuse government of backdown on aged care program
By Evelyn ManfieldA government program that helps older people with shopping and transport has been extended, after ongoing uncertainty about its future.
#FederalGovernment #AgedCare #HealthPolicy #OlderPeople #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalParliament #EvelynManfield
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Previous migration policies 'taking the p*ss' warns migrant rich-lister
By Nassim KhademThere are divergent views among business leaders, from migrant and non-migrant backgrounds, about the impact of planned immigration cuts and the types of migrants that should be allowed into Australia.
#MigrationPolicy #Immigration #SmallBusinesses #EconomicGrowth #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #HousingConstructionIndustry #PopulationGroups #AgedCare #NassimKhadem
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A fifth of older Australians who contested AI-determined home support funding got more after human review https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/19/aged-care-support-at-home-review-ai-integrated-assessment-tool #AgedCare #Health #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews
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A fifth of older Australians who contested AI-determined home support funding got more after human review
By Melissa Davey Medical editorExclusive: Greens say department of health’s integrated assessment tool is ‘under-assessing’ far more people who may not know how to contest
#Agedcare #Health #Australianpolitics #Australianews #TheGuardian #MelissaDaveyMedicaleditor
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Your ability to walk, even with a frame, has declined.
You're put, against your will, into age care.
And told you must not stand up or get out of your chair without nursing staff assisting.
They use a hoist. You get bruised by being banged into things.
But you are no longer at risk of getting injured in a fall.
Is this a success?
#AdvancedCare #Competency #Priorities #AgedCare #AustralianValues
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Residents hope to raise $750,000 to fix small town's aged care problem
By Elly BradfieldResidents in Texas are kept awake at night wondering what will happen to them as they get older, but they are dreaming big.
#AgedCare #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgingPopulation #Aging #EllyBradfield
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Residents hope to raise $750,000 to fix small town's aged care problem
By Elly BradfieldResidents in Texas are kept awake at night wondering what will happen to them as they get older, but they are dreaming big.
#AgedCare #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgingPopulation #Aging #EllyBradfield
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Residents hope to raise $750,000 to fix small town's aged care problem
By Elly BradfieldResidents in Texas are kept awake at night wondering what will happen to them as they get older, but they are dreaming big.
#AgedCare #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgingPopulation #Aging #EllyBradfield
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Residents hope to raise $750,000 to fix small town's aged care problem
By Elly BradfieldResidents in Texas are kept awake at night wondering what will happen to them as they get older, but they are dreaming big.
#AgedCare #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgingPopulation #Aging #EllyBradfield
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Residents hope to raise $750,000 to fix small town's aged care problem
By Elly BradfieldResidents in Texas are kept awake at night wondering what will happen to them as they get older, but they are dreaming big.
#AgedCare #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AgingPopulation #Aging #EllyBradfield
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Aged care in Australia and Autonomy
Looking at chemical strait-jackets here.
When would physical restraints or a prison environment be better?
Would you ever choose a prison environment over a #ChemicalStraitjacket for yourself?
The visuals/aesthetics of a chemical #Straitjacket are nicer.
Rather have your autonomy respected when it is safe for that to happen?
(And be locked in a cell when it is not.)Got thoughts?
#AgedCare #Australia #Autonomy
#Dementia
#AdvancedCare
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Australian values as seen in commercialised aged care in Australia.
If your brain gets injured or diseased such that you have violent episodes then you will AIUI be medicated, into a stupor if necessary, & be put in an aged care facility.
Compare this treatment with that received by a violent person who is held still to be competent.
They get to keep their consciousness intact and are controlled by prison guards and bars.
Your preference?
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Looking for an Android app that will create binaural beats in audio streamed to the device by other apps - audiobooks via Audible, audio via YT etc.
(Search engines return a morass of binaural beat apps but nothing that works on the fly.
I know I can download the streams then use Audicity or similar to change the frequency in one of the channels. I do not want to do this. 😉 )
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ECH village residents get their gardening gloves out https://www.allforgardening.com/1880000/ech-village-residents-get-their-gardening-gloves-out/ #AgedCare #AlanMorrison #BGSH #BotanicGardensAndStateHerbariumOfSouthAustralia #ech #garden #gardening #HeroSlider #MichaelHarvey #ProjectEden #TherapeuticHorticultureProgram
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ECH village residents get their gardening gloves out https://www.allforgardening.com/1880000/ech-village-residents-get-their-gardening-gloves-out/ #AgedCare #AlanMorrison #BGSH #BotanicGardensAndStateHerbariumOfSouthAustralia #ech #garden #gardening #HeroSlider #MichaelHarvey #ProjectEden #TherapeuticHorticultureProgram
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Somehow I got SmartView working. 😀
(Searched in Settings. Found Smartview. This was the only visible sign of SmartView.
Went to the almost greyed-out section of SmartView Permissions. Enabled everything. Then next day found SmartView in the main Menu. Not sure why this worked.)Low vusion Elderly Relative is now enjoying seeing enlarged relatives on TV screen in video calls.
HDMI cable adaptor has also arrived. Untested.
#SmartView #WhatsApp #AgedCare #AssistiveDevice #AgingInPlace
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Gardening project grows beyond expectations https://www.allforgardening.com/1867045/gardening-project-grows-beyond-expectations/ #AgedCare #baptistcare #BaptistCareStrathalan #garden #gardening #GregSelkrig #HeroSlider #RetirementLiving #TrudiWalters
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Australians to be evacuated after Hantavirus outbreak | ABC News Top Stories
A group of Australian passengers is preparing to disembark the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Agedcare #AU #Australia #Australians #bedblock #cruiseship #Flight #gas #hantavirus #Iran #OneNation #Shell #singapore
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Medicated into compliance with a system.
Sounds awful. Is awful.
But I can see that it can become necessary.
Does "the system" possess resources to a reasonable level?
What are the values of the system?
What weight is the system giving to the values of the (incompetent) individual?
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Elderly Aussies are being evicted from caravan parks they’ve called home for years — pushed out by redevelopment and zero tenant protections.
This is what happens when housing is treated as an asset, not a right.#housingcrisis #australia #agedcare #caravanparks #rentalreform #greed
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Back to Option C. "no one wanting to visit them".
Folk sought to increase communication between Fam&Friends and Aged Care residents.
Made an app.
Technically a success.
But it appeared to them that Fam&Friends actually didn't want to communicate with the elderly person in care.Am asking, "In purely selfish things, what do you get for you out of interacting with geriatric / frail / senile / institutionalised aged folk?"
Anything at all?
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#Australia
Looking at #AustralianValues.In the light of #AgedCare both commercialised and #AgingInPlace.
Claim is that some 50% of institutionalised aged care recipients don't get even one visitor a year.
It's been pointed out that many of these folk will have made choices that; A. had them lacking a support community, B. had them with no friends/family who they wanted to visit them, and/or, C. have no one wanting to visit them.
Their choices form part of Australia's values.