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Sarah Macdonald: “I’m lucky my mum is still alive, and sometimes dancing herself, but most days there are appointments, organisation, bureaucracy and admin.”

Sarah Macdonald never asked to join this club. After 10 years, this is what she’s learnt

“It’s been decades since I’ve been squished between people celebrating youth and freedom. Now I’m sandwiched between layers of responsibility.”

  • Sarah Macdonald

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If one member of a couple needs aged care, it can severely limit the income of the other.

How our aged care system is pushing couples to the brink

For many couples, paying for aged care becomes a one-sided sacrifice, one which can see one member pushed to the financial edge.

  • Rachel Lane
Greenslopes Supported Residential Service in Lower Templestowe has had its registration revoked after Victoria’s Social Services Regulator uncovered concerning conditions for vulnerable residents.

Dementia patients found tied to chairs, lying in filth, with open sores

It took regulators three years to investigate and close the service after warnings about the state of the home were first raised in March 2023.

  • Grant McArthur
Aged care residents are paying the price for the complexity of a system created by government.

The expensive new problem facing aged care residents

What might appear as a small technical issue is costing some aged care residents thousands of dollars.

  • Rachel Lane
Family members of victims: Maxine Tsihlakis, Spiros Vasilakis and Steve Samaras outside the County Court of Victoria after the fine and conviction were handed down.

Families devastated by nursing home’s $150,000 fine after 50 deaths during COVID

Tearful families slammed the decision as “a joke” and demanded the home be held responsible for the deaths of their loved ones.

  • Melissa Cunningham
There are two questions everyone should ask their financial adviser.

For many retirees, this 37-page aged care ‘test’ is a waste of time

The means assessment test for aged care is not compulsory, and for some, you’d be better off not filling it in at all.

  • Rachel Lane
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Rachel’s aunt Nell had her rings stolen from her as she was dying in an aged care home in Kew in December.

Nell was dying in aged care when her precious rings vanished. She wasn’t the only one

There has been a 40 per cent surge in reported thefts in Victorian nursing homes since 2021, which has prompted calls for services to do better for vulnerable residents.

  • Henrietta Cook
Mornington Peninsula retirees.

Retirees lost this long-standing discount. They’re fighting to get it back

Mornington Peninsula retirees have banded together in an attempt to reinstate a 20 per cent discount after it was unexpectedly removed last year.

  • Gemma Grant
The delay to aged care reforms from July to November will cost the budget almost $1 billion.

Why Labor’s shiny new aged care scheme is a $10b rip-off

Aged care has become a masterclass in overpromising and underdelivering – while quietly saving the federal budget billions of dollars.

  • Rachel Lane
Sydney hospitals are failing to meet their targets.

The Sydney hospitals where patients wait nearly two days for a bed

NSW public hospitals are failing to meet their own performance targets. The state’s health minister says he can turn it around – with some help.

  • Angus Thomson