While older people as a group have the highest rate of full COVID-19 vaccination in the country, their rate of digital connectedness is much lower. At the reopening of New South Wales, they now risk being left out in the cold in the absence of workable vaccine passport alternatives.
When announcing COVID-19-related stats, officials are quick to mention if underlying health conditions played a part. Is this necessary considering more than 40 per cent of Australian adults have an underlying health condition that could worsen the impacts of a COVID-19 infection?
Low inflation has equated to low pension indexation increases in recent years. September 2021 is proving different, but will it last?
Aged care workers, residents, friends and family can now record understaffing and its consequences in their nursing home on the Aged Care Watch website, challenging the secrecy in which nursing homes operate.
Windows 11 promises enhanced security features. This is good news, but not all computers will be able to be upgraded. Those left behind older versions of Windows will most likely be targeted by hackers. Find out how to check if your computer can be upgraded.
In 2021, older people haven’t received cash payments like those that were handed out last year but there is still some help on offer if you’re struggling financially.
MySuper sounds better than default super fund, or the fund-you-get-put-into-if-you-don’t- choose-a-super-fund-yourself, but that’s what MySuper is. If you fall into the uninterested-in-my-superannuation-because-it's-boring-and-all-too-much category, a recent performance test of all MySuper funds may change that view.
NSW funeral directors must publish price lists and stick to them. Problem is, only some do, and an even bigger problem is that regulators clearly don't care whether directors comply or not.
Do you pay thousands in fees to have your SMSF accounts and SMSF tax return prepared and audited? Did you know that you don't really have to get an accountant to do it?
From 1 September, the Government is paying Home Care Package providers in arrears for services provided to care recipients. A logical measure but one that may make getting aids and equipment even more difficult than it was before.
If you or someone you live with needs to use life supporting medical equipment at home such as home dialysis, ventilators or oxygen concentrators, you should register as a life support customer with your energy retailer as soon as possible.
The Government has always maintained and continues to maintain that it won’t put Age Pensioners on the Cashless Welfare Card, but now the truth is out.
Households in financial hardship can access more assistance for energy costs and Telstra has made its payphones free of charge.
Remember the old lay-bys? You wouldn’t get what you wanted until it was paid off, without interest. Now there’s a new version. You get what you wanted to buy straight away, no interest. Sounds too good to be true?
Australians ripped off by funeral insurance schemes will be excluded from the Federal Government’s compensation scheme for victims of financial scandals.
COVID-19 check-in cards are now available to use to enter stores in NSW instead of using a smartphone or a pen and paper. Find out how to get yours.
From July 2023, less than two years from now, things are going to change in a big way for anyone getting home care. The question is: is it going to be an improvement?
What happens to your super once you retire? Would you know how to make it last until you eventually die? Your super fund would know, right?
Home care workers, nursing home workers and many other workers are struggling to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Who should go first? Or is that even a question?