Wealthy Baby Boomers should pay more for aged care,major providers say

Wealthy Baby Boomers should pay more for aged care,major providers say

Australians need to ask whether it’s fair that someone in a $10m mansion pays the same for aged care as someone with a modest home in the suburbs.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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You have to hand it to Boomers,they’ve won the economic generation game

You have to hand it to Boomers,they’ve won the economic generation game

To expect their less-well-off descendants to fund their continued privilege is,well,a bit rich.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf
Taser cover-up undermines confidence in police leadership
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Taser cover-up undermines confidence in police leadership

Senior NSW Police have been caught covering up the use of a Taser in the death of a 95-year-old aged care resident.

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Equitable and balanced:New taskforce set to shake up aged care
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Analysis

Equitable and balanced:New taskforce set to shake up aged care

There is a quote that “change is inevitable except from a vending machine”. However,in the world of aged care,change is constant.

  • byRachel Lane
Grim Reaper is catching up with the Baby Boomers,waving bills

Grim Reaper is catching up with the Baby Boomers,waving bills

Labor must summon the courage to ask older Australians who’ve done OK to help cover the costs of the last stages of their highly privileged lives. It’s only fair.

  • byRoss Gittins
Aged care minister wants levy on table as part of future funding model

Aged care minister wants levy on table as part of future funding model

Anika Wells says people would be willing to contribute to the cost of high-quality aged care – if they could find it.

  • byDavid Crowe
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Why you should think twice before paying your parent’s aged care deposit
Analysis
Analysis

Why you should think twice before paying your parent’s aged care deposit

Many people assume that they have to sell the family home to pay for aged care,but that’s not always the case.

  • byRachel Lane
To scare Vincent out of his house,someone threw a brick at him
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Homelessness

To scare Vincent out of his house,someone threw a brick at him

But he’s finally found somewhere to call home - and this residence in Sydney is not like any other.

  • byJulie Power
‘The system did this’:After Clare Nowland’s death,a reckoning on who polices the police

‘The system did this’:After Clare Nowland’s death,a reckoning on who polices the police

The death of the grandmother has shone a spotlight on a swath of policing issues,from oversight,their presence in aged care homes and the use of Tasers.

  • byMichael McGowan andPerry Duffin
Don’t turn on police over Taser tragedy,says commissioner

Don’t turn on police over Taser tragedy,says commissioner

Karen Webb says police can be trusted to investigate themselves,as the officer who Tasered an elderly woman is supported by colleagues.

  • byJordan Baker andMichael McGowan
Sister of man who died after being Tasered attacks police tactics

Sister of man who died after being Tasered attacks police tactics

The sister of a man who died after being Tasered more than a dozen times said she was disappointed that problems within NSW Police highlighted by her brother’s death were still festering.

  • byJordan Baker andPerry Duffin