Working in aged care can be a really rewarding career. Not only are workers providing vital care to people who so desperately need it, through consistent and sacrificial care, aged care workers are able to bring joy to the lives of seniors in moments of deep stress and isolation. To see carers as only tending towards the physical is missing a crucial and significant element of their work. Carers Bring Friendship Not only do aged care workers tend to the physical needs of residents but build up friendships, provide listening ears, engage in jokes and light hearted banter and importantly …

Starting the conversation with mum or dad about the move to residential aged care can be a tricky one, fraught with pitfalls that can get all sides a touch put out. For most of us, the reasons that spur us on to start the conversation in the first place come out of love, care and worry for our parents. While these are reasonable and widely held, when it comes to the topic of moving into a residential aged care facility, away from everything they have known and held dear for decades, there is a ton of baggage that must be …

It’s a good time to start thinking about a career in the aged care sector. The need for aged care workers is only on the upward trend. A safe and dependable career choice for many years to come, research statistics out of McCrindle have projected the need of 77,976 new aged care workers to the sector within the next 10 years. That’s a significant amount of staff and employment opportunities. Yet while the need will be great there are elements to be thought through and digested before applying for a position in aged care. In order to understand the best …

If you are caring for a loved one who has depression, please be aware that depression in the elderly population is a problem that has largely been overlooked and neglected in the mainstream media. Many old people, through the desire to prevent being a burden or being associated with weakness, will hesitate if not overtly avoid expressing their feelings of depression. This makes seeing, diagnosing and caring for our seniors with depression a sizeable challenge. In caring for some of our most vulnerable loved ones, patience, strategy and perseverance will be needed, from aged care workers to family members. If …

Mental health struggles in seniors is an area of study and discussion that has not had a lot of airtime in the media or in our society in general. It is not widely known that depression is very common across the general Australian population, especially in our seniors. Experts have weighed in saying that older Australians are more likely to suffer from some of the main triggers of depression such as physical illness or personal loss. From looking into the statistics surrounding depression in older Australians to the nuanced challenges presented there is much room for learning and discussion but …