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Book review: Dear Life

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 02:38:54 +0000

Karen Hitchcock’s Dear Life is a compelling and troubling exploration of Australia’s ageism problem and how our society must deal with issues around end-of-life care and the complex needs of an ageing population. Nick Mattiske reviews. In the Bible and in traditional cultures there is a reverence for the wisdom that old age brings, but ...

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Aged care health: what’s lurking behind the Budget cuts?

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:45:35 +0000

As the federal government moves forward with plans to cut $1.2 billion in funding for aged care health over four years, what does this really mean for elderly people on the receiving end? Ben Rogers investigates. During the 2016–17 Budget announcement in May, the federal government signalled $1.2 billion worth of cuts to the Aged ...

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November 2016 Journey now available

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 01:24:39 +0000

One of British pop band Pulp’s biggest hits, “Help the Aged”, contains the lines, “Help the aged, ‘cos one day you’ll be older too, you might need someone who can pull you through”. Those words eerily played out in my head as I researched how the federal government’s proposed cuts to aged care health services ...

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