by Staff Member | Nov 23, 2021 | healthy@home News, Service Provider News
Healthy@home clients share their diverse life stories Having spent the first 21 years of her life in an orphanage, Michelle Rose Turnbull has no wish to go back to an institution in her senior years – and thankfully that’s unlikely to happen. The 79-year-old, who is a...
by Staff Member | Oct 25, 2021 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
One in 10 Queenslanders is a carer, some for up to 20 hours a week, others 24/7. It is these family and friends, the packages, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia) is all about giving older people a voice. Each year, ADA Australia provides...
by Staff Member | Sep 21, 2021 | Service Provider News
Healthy@home clients share their diverse life stories JOHN and Rita Vandermaat share a romantic history, and dementia can’t change that – they both feel very blessed. Rita has become John’s carer and with help from...
by Staff Member | Sep 2, 2021 | Service Provider News
Healthy@home clients share their diverse life stories IF there is an exemplar for getting older with attitude, it’s Ian Aitchison, who, despite his disability after becoming a paraplegic in his early 30s, leads such an active life that many a youngster would struggle...
by Staff Member | Aug 24, 2021 | Support organisation news
TACKLING rampant ageism and presenting a vision for an intergenerational approach to ageing and services is just part of the remit of COTA Queensland, which works to advance the rights, needs, interests and futures of the state’s population as it ages. “Our work with...
