by Anu Manoharan | Aug 31, 2022 | healthy@home News, Service Provider News
What began as a get-together for older Australians almost four decades ago has evolved into a full-blown 21st century digital approach to combatting the scourge of loneliness. And that, says Inclusee’s CEO Rachael Cook, is the organisation’s strength. “Loneliness is...
by Anu Manoharan | May 24, 2022 | healthy@home News, Service Provider News
Barbara Buchanan (87) and Margaret Bullock (89) celebrating their birthdays at Communify Healthy@home clients share their diverse life stories TWO sisters separated by distance were faced with the prospect of never being able to spend time together as dementia slowly...
by Anu Manoharan | Apr 29, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
Featured image: Jude Emmer CEO of Wesley Mission Queensland (seated front right) with staff at an event IT was a daring experiment when Wesley Mission Queensland opened Queensland’s first aged care community in 1936. Yet for an organisation that can trace its roots to...
by Anu Manoharan | Mar 20, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
BEING happy as you grow older could mean that you are creating your very own “Blue Zone” at home. The “Blue Zone” references studies around the world pinpointing where people live happier, healthier, and longer lives. Places like Sardinia in Italy, Okinawa in Japan...
by Anu Manoharan | Feb 23, 2022 | Service Provider News, Support organisation news
Featured image: Dina Ranieri (middle) and her Co.As.It Community Services staff in Brisbane. EVOLVING from a consular welfare committee in 1978, the Italian Welfare Association became Co.As.It. by 1986 and in the late 1990s, Community Services was added to the name to...
by Anu Manoharan | Dec 8, 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 unpaid support workers, who turn to Carers Queensland. Carers cover the spectrum, from disability – children to the elderly – to those with mental...
