Uganda benefits from CommonAge scholarship program

  As well as attending presentations on many themes and topics, and attending site visits, Richard Semanda, executive director Geriatric Respite Care Foundation-Uganda (GRCF-U), felt his main benefit from attending the the ACSA/IAHSA joint conference on our...

Older people celebrated across the Commonwealth

This week sees many special celebrations and acknowledgements of older people taking place across the Commonwealth, and indeed the world. The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on 1 October 2015. This year is 25th anniversary and the theme for 2015 is...

Empathy needed, not sympathy

“Coming to Perth, having this life changing experience and interacting with various development actors in the age care industry is the highest and the most monumental best practices with so much nostalgic feelings that I have ever experienced. This cannot and...