Kmart Casuarina – Accessibility for senior shoppers
Retail shopping should be accessible to all shoppers regardless of adult age.In the NT, #Casuarina can be the most age discriminating shopping centre, removes seats for resting, and now Kmart…
Medical Negligence Claims
Can you sue a hospital for negligence? Yes – you can sue a hospital for negligence if you can show that the hospital breached its duty of care to you,…
The National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People 2026–2036
The abuse and mistreatment of older people (sometimes called ‘elder abuse’) is a complex health, justice, social and economic issue. It can have devastating consequences for the physical, mental, financial,…
So you have been bullied in the workplace by a manager
Your first encounter of being the target of bullying by a manager If you have become a target of bullying by a manager the reasons often are related to: You…
Workplace Bullies – Corporate Psychopaths
Corporate psychopaths are individuals in organizational settings who exhibit a lack of empathy, remorselessness, and charming, manipulative behavior to climb the corporate ladder, often leaving behind toxic work environments, low…
Human resource departments are not there for you.
A common misunderstanding by workers in all positions within a company is that they are there to support you, lets look at their role within a company. Human Resources (HR)…
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The original promise of the Palmerston hospital hydrotherapy pool
Based on public information about the original purpose of PRH hydrotherapy pool The hydrotherapy pool at the Palmerston Regional Hospital (PRH) in Darwin was officially opened in June 2019 with…
The age barrier: older adults’ experiences of ageism in health care
This report looks at how ageism affects older Australians when they access healthcare. Many patients told us they feel dismissed, spoken over, or treated as 'just a number'. These attitudes…
Advocating for your rights is hard
When advocating for your rights, entitled services, ageism, discrimination, abuse organisations that claim to be on your side may in fact turn against you, they may be part of the…
Case Study: Workplace abuse – Seniors Abuse
Workplace abuse is repeated, unreasonable behaviour that creates a health and safety risk, encompassing bullying (verbal, physical, psychological), harassment (including sexual), and violence, involving actions like humiliation, exclusion, threats, unfair…