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National Seniors Australia ‘Get online’ workshop

‘Young ones teaching the once young.’ The Get Online workshop saw local high school students helping seniors get more tech...

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17th Oct. 2019 9:10 AM

Pauline Bambling (organiser), Marilyn Burkins at Get Online 16 October 2019

Tech course to eliminate social isolation amongst seniors

Elderly residents will learn how to use Facetime, social media and research different websites

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15th Oct. 2019 2:10 PM

Dalby seniors get ready to say goodbye

REALITY is starting to set in for our Year 12s as they returned to school for their last term this week.

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11th Oct. 2019 2:10 PM

FINAL STRETCH: Year 12s are reflecting on their final year as graduation quickly approaches.

10 Coast seniors changing lives around them

Allan and Shirley Voss have refused to let Parkinson’s disease define them as a couple, instead creating a platform to...

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01st Oct. 2019 12:10 AM

Sunshine Coast couple Allan and Shirley Voss formed Caloundra Parkinson’s Support Group in 2012.

Fight to stop homes ‘putting profits before people’

‘People in Mackay are terrified about what’s going to happen to their mums, their dads, their grandparents, or...

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16th Sept. 2019 12:09 PM

Mackay MP Julieanne Gilbert said “People in Mackay are terrified about what’s going to happen to their mums, their dads, their grandparents, or themselves when they need to access aged care”.

New cookbook to spice up the lives of Cap Coast seniors

Meals on Wheels Australia have released a cookbook to help seniors who are facing malnutrition

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04th Sept. 2019 1:09 PM

TOP TUCKER: Meal on Wheels Yeppoon volunteers Kris Gladman, Amanda Baker, Raeleen Williams and Peg Paline at the morning food preparation.

Tackling the 'silent health epidemic' affecting our seniors

With malnutrition affecting almost half of all Australian seniors, one organisation is taking it upon themselves to serve...

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27th Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

HEALTHY CHOICE: Ipswich Meals on Wheels volunteer Margaret Forrester and manager Jan White.

GALLERY: All the photos from Our Priceless Past revealed

See all the photos from the Our Priceless Past feature.

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23rd Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

Gladstone senior Jacqueline Johnson was interviewed by Gladstone State High student Jannae Johnson for the 2019 Our Priceless Past feature.

PHOTOS: Generations join for launch of Our Priceless Past

The launch event was held at the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum as part of seniors week.

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22nd Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

The 2019 Our Priceless Past exhibition was launched at Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum on Thursday 22 August. PICTURED: PICTURED: Laura Rooney and Mahalia Craigie with Karron Hunt

PHOTOS: Seniors see benefits of trying True Light

The sessions were held as part of seniors week activities run by Gladstone Regional Council.

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22nd Aug. 2019 11:08 AM

Opdesh was one of the practitioners at the come and try True Light sessions were held as part of the Gladstone Regional Council seniors week activities.

PHOTOS: Seniors out and about for their special week

Find out what new skills Gladstone seniors were learning.

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20th Aug. 2019 5:08 PM

Kev Eisenhuth at the Indian Dance workshops at Welcoming Intercultural Neighbours, held as part of Gladstone Regional Council's Seniors week activities.

GALLERY: South Burnett seniors gather to celebrate

Seniors from across the region unite for festivities in Nanango.

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19th Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

Clare Schultz and Val Harm enjoy the Nanango Seniors Week event.

PRICELESS PAST: How our future recognises our past

The Observer's newest feature will be available on Friday.

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18th Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

Karron Hunt speaks to Gladstone State High Students as part of the 2019 Our Priceless Past feature, an initiative between Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum and The Observer.

Taking the plunge from beanies to Buttercups

They are known as The Buttercups - a group of year-round Toowoon Bay swimmers with a median age of about 60.

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16th Aug. 2019 12:08 PM

SWIMMING BUDDIES: Even in winter, members of this intrepid swimming group, including Wendy McNamara (far right), take the plunge into the bay to do their laps.

Seniors prove age is just a number with parkrun takeover

A GROUP of active seniors will take the lead on parkrun this weekend host a Senior's Week celebration with a takeover...

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15th Aug. 2019 5:08 PM

SUPER SENIORS: Gary McDonald, Ann Henschell and Kathy McKenzie are among seniors who will takeover parkrun this Saturday for Seniors Week.

Bonds formed over billy cans

The walls of Gallery 107 will spent a month filled with colourful billy can artworks showing off local seniors' artistic...

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10th Aug. 2019 10:08 AM

NEW FRIENDS: Adie Turner and Esther Sherman were paired up in the billy can art project.

Multi-million dollar Killarney project nearing completion

CEO hopes to have aged care facility open in the coming months as centre is at capacity.

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09th Aug. 2019 5:08 AM

The Killarney Memorial Aged Care's upgrades are almost complete.

Seniors walk to show age just an attitude

Sunshine Coast seniors will soon be lacing up their walking shoes ready for a Sunday morning of sunshine, sand and a...

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07th Aug. 2019 12:08 AM

CELEBRATING SENIORS: Australian Pensioners and Superannuants League members Don Gilbert, Terry Strath, May Shaw, Shirley McIlwain, Ilse Wilkinson, president Frank Gower and John Wilkinson get ready for the 20th Seniors Week walk. Picture: Lacee Froeschl

Coast seniors driven to improve their fitness

A Porsche-powered exercise revolution is being driven by Gold Coast seniors determined to keep themselves fit and healthy...

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01st Aug. 2019 3:08 PM

Trainers are on hand at Milon to help seniors master the smart card technology used in its circuit training.

‘She tells me she wants to die’: aged-care horror stories

Aged-care residents have been found by family members caked in faeces, screaming in agony wishing for death, a Royal...

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19th July 2019 5:07 AM

Worries council is letting elderly down at parklands

A 90-year-old Boyne Island man has raised concerns that elderly and non-mobile residents are struggling to attend funerals...

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10th July 2019 8:07 AM

Boyne Island resident Max Ricketts wants Gladstone Regional Council to help implement a plan that will make it easier for elderly and incapacitated reisendts to access the chapel at Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands Crematorium Chapel, which sits several hundred metres from the nearest carpark.

Toowoomba seniors get crafty for community wellness

EACH week, senior citizens of Toowoomba gather over coffee and cake to take part in the Toowoomba Hospital Foundation...

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06th July 2019 10:07 AM

At the first Craft Swap Meet are (from left) Judith Hughes, Norelle White and Judith Robinson at the Toowoomba Hospital Foundation.

Try taking a walk in my generation's shoes

Is there really a disconnect in perceptions between the younger and older generations...or is it imagined?

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19th June 2019 1:06 PM

BONDS: As longevity increases new ways of communcations are sought between young and old.

'Almost all' aged care workers to be offered other roles

STAFF at a Goonellabah aged care facility have been "consulted extensively" over changes to jobs and rosters, says a...

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12th June 2019 3:06 PM

CAROONA STAFF CUTS: The Health Service Union has said cuts to staff roles and hours at the Uniting Care Goonellabah aged care facility Caroona, will mean the loss of 267.9 rostered hours lost per fortnight, or seven Full-time employee (FTE) equivalent positions.

Budget help for seniors as Premier highlights priorities

The Queensland Government will allocate more than $5 billion to help ease the pressure on household budgets, with seniors a...

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03rd June 2019 12:06 PM

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