Aged CareHealth CareSocial issues Talking about Dying In 2004, Jan Browne, Sarah L'Estrang and I spoke with 100 people who were dying…Sarah RussellNovember 5, 2025
Aged CarePoliticsSocial issues Pay per shower: fully-funded aged care turns market-driven aged support Forty years ago, the Hawke Government introduced a significant aged care initiative that was in line with traditional Labor values.…Sarah RussellNovember 3, 2025
Aged Care The aged care crises continue under a Labor government It has been four years since the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report…Sarah RussellSeptember 12, 2025
Aged Care Aged care “free market” where a home care package deal masks a crisis Seven years after Scott Morrison surprised everyone by announcing the Royal Commission into Aged Care…Sarah RussellSeptember 9, 2025
Aged CarePolitics Big money, big conflicts. Aged care assessment privatised by stealth. The Coalition government abandoned plans to privatise aged care assessments in 2021 following an outcry from key…Sarah RussellMarch 1, 2025
Aged CarePolitics Falling through the aged care cracks After the heart-breaking revelations of the Aged Care Royal Commission, many of us hoped stories…Sarah RussellFebruary 27, 2025
Aged CarePolitics Who’s helping the older people falling through the aged care ‘cracks’? When the Albanese government announced its “once in a generation aged care reforms”, many of…Sarah RussellFebruary 27, 2025
Aged CarePoliticsSocial issues Should men face limits? In the past year, 195 men and 86 women died on our roads. Does the…Sarah RussellApril 30, 2024
Aged Care Collection of opinion pieces about aged care 2012-2024 Over the past decade, I have written around 80 opinion pieces about the systemic failures in…Sarah RussellJanuary 8, 2024
Aged CarePolitics Who cares … Arcare? Aged care providers still charging for services never provided, regulator hiding Some aged care providers are a law unto themselves. Although Australian Consumer Law makes it…Sarah RussellJanuary 3, 2024