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Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... also weighs heavily on retirees' minds for a variety of reasons, ranging from human vulnerability to the incidence of dementia and the possibility of family disputes. "Whilst old age and the potential need for aged care accommodation is predictable ...

Australian Retirement Trust reduces fees, ups premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... offering based on feedback from members, including changes to definitions like those used for cognitive function/impairment, dementia/Alzheimer's, partial disability or partially disabled, TPD - loss of limbs and/or sight, a contractor, and a self-employed ...

Why advisers must understand Retirement Income Covenant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... to an arrangement as cognitive decline sets in. In people aged 65, one in 10 have some sort of cognitive decline, like dementia, by 85 it's three in five. So that always has to be factored in when you are talking about retirement strategies."

Wilsons adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... senior advisor at BGH Capital, trustee of NZ Business Mentors, Auckland Grammar School Foundation and the New Zealand Dementia Prevention Trust. He was also previously the chair of Contact Energy and Fletcher Building. Williamson joined Craigs in 2009 ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... workforce skills in the aged care sector. This funding would help train and support aged care providers and carers of dementia sufferers, Frydenberg said. Lane noted that there were around 370,000 aged care workers operating across the residential and ...

Super-backed specialist centre opens in Hobart

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
A $19 million investment from an industry super fund has helped an innovative dementia care village open its doors in Tasmania. In development with HESTA, not-for-profit aged care provider Glenview and Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the Korongee Village ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... within the letter of engagement or instruction. "When you're talking about somebody with an acquired brain injury or dementia, unless they are right at the most severe end of the spectrum those basic ADLs will be intact," Lonie says. When asked whether ...

When aged care advice takes an emotional toll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... life stage is perhaps the "worst time in a person's life," she added. Last week one of Denham's clients with dementia was put in aged care after his wife could no longer care for him following a rapid decline. Distressed, the wife would call ...

Advice is a sea of sameness

HARRISON WORLEY, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... before you can be an effective leader, Damiano told the room that being mindful is also important. The rise of "digital dementia" is brought about by people just constantly being on their phones or on social media, and this can also affect their ability ...

Government establishes aged care Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... particularly younger people with disabilities; The challenge of supporting the increasing number of Australians suffering dementia and addressing their care needs as they age; The future challenges and opportunities for delivering aged care services ...
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