For women, spending time out of the workforce can erode their superannuation. Some countries have already found a way to change that and now, there is a push for carer credits to be introduced in Australia.
Category Archives: Carers
Live: Aged care royal commission expected to hear ‘bruising’ stories
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is starting its first day of hearings with testimony from the family of a man who was mistreated in care in South Australia. Follow our live blog for rolling updates.
Designers bringing a sense of style to people often forgotten by fashion
Choosing an outfit is something most of us take for granted, but for tens of thousands of Australians with disabilities it can be a painful experience. But a small coterie of Australian designers are out to change that.
Aged care doesn’t need to be so gothic — this is what it could look like
The home my grandfather is in should be the norm, not an aberration only the wealthy get to enjoy, writes Melanie Tait.
Giveaways to attract parents are just a symptom of our child care problem
Childcare centres are offering parents free iPads and cheap holidays as taxpayers chip in billions in subsidies. Labor wants to ban giveaways, but that's a band-aid solution, writes Liam McNicholas.
We have an expiry date in our society, but it’s not the day we die
In Western society we fear dependency, invisibility and dying. Aged care is a silo of these fears. And until it affects us personally, we ignore it, write Bridget Laging, Amanda Kenny and Rhonda Nay.
Families using in-home child care feel ‘left out in the cold’ after subsidy changes
Some of Australia's most vulnerable families feel they have been abandoned by the Federal Government after changes to childcare payments left them with huge costs and a bureaucratic nightmare.
‘The names that don’t get spoken’: Senator breaks down listing deaths in disability care
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John breaks down in Parliament as he lists the names and shocking ways people living with disabilities have died while in residential and institutional care.
Mental health carers’ work valued at $13 billion, but it’s at a personal cost
Caring for a friend or relative with mental illness can mean missing out on education and employment opportunities. A national campaign is aiming to set that right.
New childcare rules brought more red tape for everyone, the opposite of what we need
The Coalition's new childcare rebate system was meant to be simpler, parents and service providers are quickly discovering it's exactly the opposite, writes Liam McNicholas.