Australia is witnessing a spike in older women finding themselves on the verge of homelessness. As more vulnerable women take desperate action just to find somewhere to sleep, Luke Michael...
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The Queensland Government has developed age-friendly resources in accordance with the World Health Organization’s age-friendly cities model. The Queensland: an age-friendly community domain information (PDF, 534 KB) Queensland: an age-friendly community domain information(RTF,...
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The OWN Qld State Office will be closed from 5.00 p.m. Thursday 20th December 2018, re-opening at 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. The Management Committee and Staff wish...
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From the Opal Institute Margarita is a 96 year old woman who was sexually abused by the acting manager of the Seniors Rental Service she was living in. Margarita is the...
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Recently COTA Queensland joined their COTA colleagues from around the country to launch the inaugural State of the (Older) Nation report. The landmark report has found the majority of older Australians...
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Does kindness lead to happiness? Voluntary activities and subjective well-being…. The act of volunteering makes people happy, and the more unhappy they are to start with, the bigger the boost...
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In December, Diversicare is introducing a Multicultural Interactive Planning Solutions (MIPS) program. Funded by the Australian Government through the Dementia and Aged Care Services Fund, MIPS will offer free home safety...
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The EveryAGE Counts campaign was launched in Sydney on October 11, 2018 by Dr Kay Patterson AO (Commonwealth Age Discrimination Commissioner) with Robert Tickner AO. Campaign co-chair is Kirsty...
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has overseen a report, Employing Older Workers, which was released recently. It shows that some progress has been made since the AHRC’s 2015 National Prevalence...
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Recently Association Treasurer Barbara Barnes received an Everton Volunteer Recognition Award to acknowledge her service to the community – in particular for her involvement as convenor of our Mitchelton Group....
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