The home my grandfather is in should be the norm, not an aberration only the wealthy get to enjoy, writes Melanie Tait.
Category Archives: Carers
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.
What you need to know about the child care changes that start tomorrow
Find out who's better off and who's worse off under the child care changes that start this week.
Childcare subsidy changes could mean more grandparents are carrying the load
From July 2 the Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Rebate will be abolished and replaced with the means-tested Child Care Subsidy — which may mean an increased reliance on grandparents to help out.
‘You can be who you are’: The camp where no-one stares at the kids with Tourette’s
Living with Tourette's isn't easy for sufferers or their families because of the way people react to sudden outbursts of swearing or strange sounds and movements. But there's one place, once a year, where they can feel free.