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Regional aged care homes are closing at an alarming rate, leaving elderly Australians facing uncertain futures AprApril 2021 at 4:33am Elderly Australians like 101-year-old Nancy Bulmer are in a precarious position as industry experts warn 166 regional homes across the country are at risk of closure.  ( Share Print text only Cancel Aged care in regional Australia is in crisis, with more than three-quarters of all homes losing money. Key points: Data has revealed 78 per cent of regional aged ca...

Date Time Twelve aged care consumer peaks propose aged care reform plan Twelve leading aged care consumer organisations, led by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, have issued a detailed joint response to the Final Report of the Aged Care Royal Commission, identifying the key reforms the Federal Government must implement in the upcoming Federal Budget to ensure its response to the Royal Commission gets off to a flying start. In their joint statement the consumer organisations set out th...

Posted on April 10th, 2021 by Rohana R. Wasala The report of the ministerial subcommittee appointed by the president on February 19, 2021 to study the Final Report of the PCoI on the Easter Sunday Attacks and to suggest how its recommendations should be carried out was handed over to the president on April 5 by its secretary Harigupta Rohanadheera, the director general of legal affairs at the presidential secretariat. The sectoral oversight committee comprised minister ...

Study brings greater understanding around substance use recovery and stigma in rural communities News11 April 2021 By Sue Tiffin Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sandra McNeil has been studying substance use recovery and stigma in rural communities as part of her work toward a PhD, and found that what she has learned from residents living in rural areas is important to share. McNeil said she was working as a therapist at a community addiction agency and was finding that despite mental heal...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 09, 2021 at 2:13 PM Robert Work during his days as deputy Defense secretary WASHINGTON: The US has a narrow lead on China in artificial intelligence, but the Chinese are catching up fast. In fact, they’re already at least narrowly ahead in three of six critical areas, the vice-chair of the National Security Commission on AI said today. The “AI Stack.” SOURCE: Final Report of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence “We do not ...

Share this post: INVITATION TO TENDER – GEF 6 – Integrated Ecosystems Management and Restoration of Forests in the South East Coast Project INVITATION The Government of Saint Lucia, through the Department of Sustainable Development (Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development), is inviting consultants to submit tenders for a consultancy to undertake a detailed socio-economic profile of the communities in the South East Coast to provide agribusiness suppo...

The European Union ( ESG) measures. Two areas of development in particular are likely to have widespread repercussions for businesses: newly implemented obligations for ESG disclosures and likely forthcoming mandatory human rights, environmental and governance due diligence. These measures involve both new obligations of disclosure as well as, potentially, substantive obligations to address ESG issues connected to companies’ businesses. Their implementation is likely to have significant effec...

An event took place on March 31 over Zoom that discussed the violence that continues to occur against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. At the event spoke Dr. Karine Duhamel, director of research for the national inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and Josie Nepinak, executive director of Awo Taan Healing Lodge and chair of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Committee. In addition to the invited speakers, Elder Jackie Bromley and Dr. Mic...

Terms of refrance for Impact assessment of the “Child Sensitive Social Protection” intervention in Somaliland 1. Introduction Save the Children International (SCI) is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to fight for children’s rights and deliver immediate and lasting improvement to children’s lives worldwide. SCI has been operational in Greater Somalia for over 40 years. Current programs straddle relief and development in various sectors including Health, Nutrition, Child P...

Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy in Uganda about Protection and Human Rights, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from ASF; closing on 07 Apr 2021