NT Health, Are you really serious?
Background NT Health control access to the Palmerston Regional Hospital Hydrotherapy pool, access is very restricted despite its original promise to Territorians, If you have a procedure at Royal Darwin…
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)…
Older Person Abuse in the Northern Territory
Oct 13, 2025 What this webinar is about: How do you create change in a place where there are almost no services, little legislation, and limited recognition of elder abuse?…
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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…
Volunteers wanted – Integrated Disability Action
Volunteers play a very important role in the Northern Territory, If you are community focused and want to help then Integrated Disability Action Inc are looking for volunteers. Heres their…
Ageism lived experience – You’re too old
Lived experience shared with AdvocateNT Contributors personal experience: I broke my wrist badly in the middle of moving house aged 52, seen a Senior Registrar at the Hospital who cuffed/numbed…
Can you hear me, can you respect me?
There is nothing worse when attending a hospital and facing: Ageist language (exclusion); A medical professional cutting you short, listening issues; Suggestions that you are too old for medical treatment,…