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Consumer/carers must speak up 13 June 2010 *Aged care is one of the few areas where consumer action has been slow in coming. Research has shown us that hospitals are safer and better when the consumer voice is heard. That is why they employ patient advocates and support community advisory committees. Those who have actually experienced a particular health service often have a fresh perspective to offer. They see things through a different glass. Yet in aged care, the consumer/carer voice is rarely heard. I doubt it is heard at all...
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Why don't we just live in your house, son? 21 April 2010 *A short review of some 'granny flat' cases. In each of the real examples that follow it is interesting to consider whether any or all of them or any part of the conflict which they illustrate, might have been avoided had the parties considered entering into a clear agreement which attempted to contemplate some of the risks and the vagaries of life which eventually brought them into litigation. These cases emphasise the recurring theme underlying arrangements which, for the most part, fail to take account of the risks, hazards and unforeseen...
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