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Jessica continued: Thank you for always believing in me, and encouraging me to follow my heart. You are in everything I do and feel. Happy Mother s Day my mummy.
The Untouched hit-maker previously declared that she was celebrating Mother s Day every day in light of Colette s health battle.
Love: Uploading a collage of photos and videos, the pop singer wrote: I would give anything to have another lifetime with you. Pictured: Collette with Lisa and Jessica as newborn babies Mother s Day every single day with my hero & my best friend, she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of herself cuddling up to her mother in October.
Carers Australia
Carers Australia is urging the Federal Government to provide greater support to carers after new figuresreleased by the Productivity Commission show decreasing levels of satisfaction amongst primary carers.
The annual Report on Government Services (the Report) highlights that Australia’s 861,600 primary carers across Australia are vital in enabling older people to remain in their homes, and support people with disability to remain in the community. The Report states the main aims of community services are to provide support to sustain and nurture the functioning of individuals, families and groups.
Carers Australia CEO Liz Callaghan said, “What is required for carers is more flexible and properly funded opportunities to not only take a break from caring through formal respite, but to also be supported to live their own lives to the full, and participate in family, social and community life.”
Carers Australia
Carers Australia and the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia (FECCA) have welcomed the Government’s announcement of the $20 million in grants to be made available to deliver centre‑based day programs tailored to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse seniors.
‘As testimony to the Aged Care Royal Commission has highlighted, mainstream aged care services do not always cater well to people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who need services which are compatible with their own linguistic and cultural norms,’ said Mary Patetsos, Chair of FECCA.
‘As people age and often revert to their first language, their need to engage with others who speak the same language can become acute – particularly if they are suffering with dementia. In the absence of such services, older people become socially isolated and deprived of meaningful social, recreational and therapeutic activities, with severe consequences for their