Living at home provides seniors with many benefits, but a lot of families are reluctant due to intimidating factors, including myths. If you want your elderly parent to remain at his or her residence...

When your senior parent prefers to stay at home, you must take action to reduce his or her risk of going to an aged care facility. Since most older adults can live independently for many years, it’s...

With all the home care packages and providers to choose from, it’s easy for seniors and their families to get confused about how much they may be asked to contribute to the cost of their home care....

Many seniors don’t know they have the right to change home care providers at any time. Under the Consumer Directed Care policy (enacted in 2017), older people can choose how their home care package...

There’s no set time frame for in-home care. Instead, families need to determine when this type of care is necessary for their ageing loved ones. When you notice behavioural changes that put your elderly...

The summer months represent a time when many family carers experience challenges they don’t have throughout the rest of the year. Between the summer heat and trying to juggle other responsibilities...