Category: HAA
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June 2024 Newsletter
2024 has certainly been a busy and productive start to the year for HAA. In March, we proudly opened the Seniors Information Café at Thomas St Belmont, inside the Home Instead Office, opposite the Coles carpark. This café is designed to be a welcoming haven, offering a friendly chat, connection…
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Hunter Geriatrics Conference – 22-26 October 2024 – Newcastle, NSW
2 HUNTER GERIATRICS 22-26 OCTOBER 2024 Newcastle Exhibition & Convention Centre King Street, Newcastle West, NSW N e w S o u t h W a l e s , A u s t r a l i a The Hunter Postgraduate Medical Institute would like to invite you to…
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Woman exercises right to end her life
A NEWCASTLE woman who chose to die using NSW’s voluntary assisted dying laws told family she was at peace with her decision. The woman, aged in her 80s, had terminal cancer. “They said she had six months or less to live. Her quality of life was very poor from her…
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There is no simple fix to residential aged care
Aged care staff are unhappy and many older people in residential aged care are unhappy. Certainly, the NSW Health Minister and the hospitals are unhappy because there are 600 people sitting in acute hospital beds who could be in aged care facilities.
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RESPONSE TO THE AGED CARE TASKFORCE REPORT
In this response, Emeritus Professor Julie Byles makes comments from the perspective of a gerontologist researching ageing and aged care use. Also commenting as the enduring guardian of two parents who have required aged care in its various forms.
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Aged Care Reforms Survey for Older People
The first 2024 Aged Care Reforms Survey for Older People is now open. You can complete the survey online, over the phone by calling 1800 318 209 or request a paper copy with a reply-paid envelope from communication.agedcare@health.gov.au.
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Seniors’ Information Café set to open in March 2024
The Hunter Ageing Alliance is thrilled to announce the opening of the Seniors’ Information Café, conveniently located at Thomas St Belmont, opposite the Coles carpark.
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Hunter Community Alliance Founding Assembly
On Wednesday evening April 10th you are invited to join 900 leaders from across the Hunter Community Alliance at the historic HCA Founding Assembly.
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