Australian Carers Guide NSW/ACT - June 2022

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PAUL KOURY – PUBLISHER
Hello readers and welcome to the Winter 2022 edition
This Issue’s of the Australian Carers Guide. Thank you to those
who have called or written in to express your
Contributors
appreciation for our guide. We are continually humbled by
your comments and appreciate your feedback. It is truly a
Gemma Poole labour of love for us as we work to ensure that all carers
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Australian Government
place. Our mission remains to reach and support as many of
Department of Health
our 1.3 million primary carers as we can.
Maree McCabe AM
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Dementia Australia Autumn edition? result is we are now back on
To everyone who contacted track and able to publish at
Helen Walker
us wondering where the the beginning of each season.
Education Specialist
OPAN: Older peoples Advocacy Autumn edition went, we Shaping our magazine
Network did not publish it, this year. together
Reason being, that last year
Rachel Lane As you know, we consider
when we went to launch
Principal - Aged Care Gurus and Co The Australian Carers Guide
Edition 1 in Spring 2021,
Author of Aged Care, Who Cares to be a joint venture shaped
instead of the guide being
by us and you, the readers.
Paul Koury published 1 September,
That’s why before each issue
Founder - Publisher it was published on
is produced, we take in your
Australian Carers Guide
1 October a month after
feedback and suggestion and
the season began. At that
Andrea Alvarez select the most requested
Aged Care Decisions time in Melbourne, Covid to be added to our content.
Lead Generation Manager was particularly nasty, and
we were all under stage 5 Aged Care Reforms
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lockdown. Businesses ground This was one of the top two
Wills and Estates at Gathered Here
to a halt and so did our trade topics which you asked to
National Head of Legal Services
partners in whom we relied see in our guide, and we are
Will Richardson on to produce our guide. pleased to announce the
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Richardson Publishing Group advertisers with the full 3 We begin by informing you
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bullet and extended one a detailed breakdown of
edition. We decided to do this what was rolled out every 3
early so the summer edition months. We will then look
was given 5 months in the at what was proposed and
market which is why there compare it against what
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for your loved one who has advocates for the elderly, we
a chronic condition. With are pleased to announce that
the recent media attention the Australian Carers Guide
on Bruce Willis’s famous now welcomes OPAN (Older
actors battle with Aphasia, Persons Advocate Network)
we thought it might be as a friend and partner. Be
informative and helpful for sure to check out our article
those 140,000 Australians on Abuse is Abuse which
currently battling this chronic came as a direct result of
condition. We also look at
the Elder Abuse conference
Diabetes which is another
held by OPAN in Tasmania.
prevalent and growing
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5 OVERLOOKED BENEFITS OF RESPITE CARE
We know how valuable self-care is. There is so
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of respite care, whether it be for you or your
elderly loved one.
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BEARING ARMS TO COMBAT LONELINESS
There are some wonderful programs run
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elderly. Read this article to learn how they are
using Social Connection Programs to connect
seniors with their greater community.
32 MANAGING CHRONIC ILLNESS
With the recent media attention on famous
actor, Bruce Willis’s battle with Aphasia, we
thought it might be informative and helpful
for those 140,000 Australians who are
currently battling this chronic condition and
for their carers. We also look at Diabetes
which is another prevalent and growing
chronic condition amongst Australians.
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ELDER ABUSE – ABUSE IS ABUSE
Elder abuse takes on many forms.
Some overt, some subtle. All abuse is an
unacceptable violation of the rights of older
people. Speak up...OPAN are there to support
you and advocate on your behalf.
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ROLE TO SOUL
You are more than just a carer! Read about
Anna and Paula’s personal story of their
journey as carers.
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THE 5 PILLARS – THE 5 YEAR PLAN
The governments plan for aged care reform
is summarised in their 5 Pillars over 5 years
document. We included the document in this
edition for your referral
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AGED CARE REFORM – UPDATE
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of Health have agreed to supply us with a detailed
breakdown of what was rolled out every 3 months.
ABOUT AUSTRALIAN CARERS GUIDE We will look at what was proposed and compare
it against what actually occurred and keep you
The Australian Carers Guide is a valuable resource
informed of the realities of the Aged Care Reforms.
for everyone who is caring for an ageing parent,
spouse or an elderly loved one. 92 DID YOU KNOW
We share with you Stanley’s story and how
Out of the 2.7 million informal carers in Australia,
changing his address, cost him his pension.
1.3 million care for their elderly family members
or a loved one.
Until now, there has never been anything in the
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THE SCOOP
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wise advice and helpful updates.
13 YOUR FEEDBACK
A place where you can interact and share
your thoughts with us and share anything
that’s on your mind.
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DEMENTIA
Maree McCabe shares on the myths
and warning signs of Dementia. You‘ll be
surprised to learn what you thought
may not be the case at all. Also learn
what you should consider to best manage
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from Dementia.
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LAW
In this edition we look at an all too common
issue of parents dying with debt. Who is
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Publisher how the handling of the estate works.
PAUL KOURY
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Dr Raelene Wilder shares her years of
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JOSIE MAYER
positive outcomes of how the elderly, when
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taught and trained, come to embrace it.
Advertising Sales Read how Social Communication Programs
MARYANNE SCORRINGE
can help keep our senior community young,
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engaged and entertained.
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THE
TIPS, WISE ADVICE AND HELPFUL UPDATES
TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH
NIGHT OWLS AND EARLY BIRDS
MEMORY LOSS
People who stay up late and sleep in
Speak clearly. When talking to a person with
the morning tend to be smarter, science
memory loss, speak slowly and with purpose
says. Although night owls are often
so that you’re easy to
thought to be
understand.
unproductive,
that’s not what Speak only as loudly
evidence shows. as you need to. Don’t
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the University
need to, or you may
of Liège in Belgium have found that an
insult the individual
hour after waking up, early-risers and
and make them
their nocturnal contemporaries show
frustrated.
approximately the same degree of
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waking, it was the night owls who were to formulate a response, and don’t interrupt.
more alert. So much for the early bird
Avoid distractions. Find somewhere to talk
catching the worm!
that doesn’t have background noise such
Source: entrepreneur.com as television or pets, so you don’t have to
compete for attention.
Talk about one thing at a time.
NUTRITION
Don’t confuse the individual by rapidly
changing the conversation. Break up topics
and alert the person
to conversational changes.
Source: RN Central
PROTEIN
POWER STAY SAFE – USE WIPES
Eggs are loaded with vitamins,
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Traditional
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small amounts of almost every
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