Writer
John Ward
<div id="qt"> <div dir="ltr"> <div>John Ward is a geriatrician and Co-Chair of the Hunter Ageing Alliance. He is the Leader of the Housing for Older Persons Project.</div> <div></div> </div> </div>
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The impact of the housing crisis on the mental and physical health of children
In Australia, we pride ourselves on our egalitarianism, yet now cannot even provide security of accommodation for everyone. How can this be, when older women who have lost their financial security from family break-up and illness, and even young women with small children, end up couch-surfing or sleeping in a car? Continue reading »
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JOHN WARD. Residential aged care in Covid and beyond
Residential aged care was already struggling before Covid, the arrival of which threatens to collapse the industry. It is surely time to redesign aged care to meet the needs of future generations. Continue reading »