After a highly engaging and well-received talk at The Seniors Festival, Aged Care Ready’s Melbourne Coordinator, Naomi Anderson, saw a pressing challenge for individuals (especially those with baby boomer parents) which could be overcome by future planning. Ms Anderson draws on her experience with family members of Aged Care Ready clients. She’s noticed that the Read More

Are you struggling with carer fatigue but don’t want to let mum or dad go? Perhaps you can’t enjoy your time with mum and dad because you’re constantly under pressure? The change of mum and dad living at home or under your roof into Aged Care can actually be the best thing for your relationship, Read More

Moving into an Aged Care Facility can be a traumatic experience for your loved one. But it can also be significantly stressful for you too. From our Aged Care Coordinator’s, experience, there is generally a 4-6 weeks settling-in period where loved ones will often present with resentment towards family members. This then results in heightened feelings Read More

Navigating the world of aged care is, for some, a whole other realm and often comes with unexpected challenges, a tonne of new information to learn and barriers to overcome. More often than not, families have the burden of making huge decisions thrust upon them very suddenly, and just to rub salt into their wounds, Read More

The Australian Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission(AACQSC) has released a new set of accreditation standards which come into effect as of the 1st of July this year (2019). These are to replace the current accreditation standards which were introduced many years ago.  As explained by My Aged Care, the purpose of Accreditation standards is ‘To make Read More