Trish RobertsRE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/116767585922403191
#agedcare #algorithm #auspol
This is the new Aged Care system. Clearly not working as it should, though possibly as it is intended i.e. to save the government money.
ABC FeedsWife and carer 'dumbfounded' by husband's aged care assessment
By Sacha Payne
Melbourne man Graham Crossan relies on his wife Gaynor to help him eat, move and even breathe. But a new assessment tool means he's been refused funding for more support.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/motor-neurone-disease-integrated-assessment-tool/106811112
#AgedCare #Health #Disabilities #DiseasesandDisorders #FederalGovernment #OlderPeople #SachaPayne
Doctors warn care standards compromised as NT's busiest hospital ages
By Roxanne Fitzgerald
From a mother forced to labour in a hospital's tearoom, to a baby sent home with jaundice on a busy night, doctors warn they are no longer able to provide NT patients with the standard of care they deserve.
#PublicHealth #PregnancyandChildbirth #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Infrastructure #Nurses #AgedCare #RoxanneFitzgerald
Pensioner finds cheaper life in Thailand after rent squeeze
By Fiona Blackwood
Peter Stevenson says moving to Thailand has allowed him to live more comfortably on his Australian Age Pension after struggling to cover rent and essentials in regional Victoria.
#RetirementPlanning #AgingPopulation #AgedCare #CommunityandSociety #OlderPeople #Welfare #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #GovernmentPolicy #CostofLiving #FionaBlackwood
Why older Australians with MND are considering early euthanasia
By Samantha Dick
The death of AFL legend Neale Daniher has shone a light on the grim choices faced by older Australians fighting motor neurone disease.
#MotorNeuronedisease #PeopleWithDisability #DisabilityAccess #AgedCare #Government #SamanthaDick
gussetingRE: https://theblower.au/@HardBeingGreen/116731064428861549
Please do tell us @HardBeingGreen + David Pocock, how does AI create value?
How does AI create value in cutting people off #agedcare + #NDIS ?
If datacenters are so great, why are they being built in secret?
https://www.thebrockovichreport.com/p/if-data-centers-are-so-great-why
skuaThinking back to the Royal Commission into #AgedCare in #Australia.
And how the Commisioner who saw the system as needing a fundamental re-do died only part way into the inquiry.
And how the final Commissioners referred precisely no-one for criminal investigation.
Just like the #RoboDebt Royal Commission.
And how the system is still the #AgedCareCrisis.
And the decades of failures by state governments to prosecute crimes in nursing homes never gets addressed.
#AusPol
https://toot.community/@sister_ratched/116682687619078114
Jude🇵🇸 (@[email protected])
Jackie French: The rort that kills our elderly and overcrowds our hospitals (paywalled). #AusPol https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9245554/jackie-french-exposing-the-aged-care-horrors-faced-by-our-elders/
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
I have been part of a withdrawal of food and administration of opioids.
(And seen another.)
Have had misgivings.
"refused to kill her mother" strikes chords.
I hold that people who both profit from & participate in providing inadequate care are not well described as "compassionate".
"Enablers" seems a better descriptor.
#AgedCare
Technology | The Guardian USAn industry targeting Australia’s ageing population is growing, but can AI deliver more humanity in aged care? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/31/ai-companion-robots-in-aged-care-australia-ageing-population-humanity #AgedCare #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #AustraliaNews
Tim GreenState-funded AI companions like ElliQ are being used as cost-effective solutions to loneliness in older adults, but they risk replacing meaningful human care and consent with bureaucratic shortcuts. Are society's priorities truly being served?
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/state-funded-loneliness-ai-companions-and-the-failure-of-human-care?pk_campaign=rss-feed
#HumanInTheLoop #AgedCare #AIethics #Loneliness
Discover more at https://smarterarticles.co.uk/state-funded-loneliness-ai-companions-and-the-failure-of-human-care?pk_campaign=rss-feed
#HumanInTheLoop #AgedCare #AIethics #Loneliness
