Transitioning from life at home to life in aged care can be challenging, often linked with loss of independence, loss of identity, and loss of control. Photo by cottonbro/Pexels, CC BY Joyce Siette, Western Sydney University and Laura Dodds, Macquarie University What’s the daily routine like for older people …
Read More »How to Find a Divorce Lawyer in Australia, things to know
Divorce is not an end of life; it’s a difficult turning point where you feel broken emotionally, financially, and socially, in some instances. A good divorce lawyer could help you make things right on this point. Forgot right and wrong. Good and bad as well. Its truth the term …
Read More »Rockdale is still a hub for Nepalese in Sydney
Though recent census shows Auburn as the suburb most Nepali people live in, Rockdale, the former top Nepali dense suburb still a popular hub for Nepalese in Sydney. When you get on T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line train, you will see many Nepali faces passing you if you are …
Read More »Why is Auburn such a popular hub for Nepalese in Australia?
Auburn, a western Sydney suburb now gets popularity as a junction of Nepalese in Australia. The suburb which is just 16 kilometres west of Sydney’s central business district drawing newcomers’ attention. Many Nepalese international students now concentrating on Auburn for their stay. The place is so famous among Nepalese in …
Read More »15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot
Do NOT open the rapid antigen test items until you are ready to start. Storing the test open can lead to false positives (you can test positive without really having COVID). Thea van de Mortel, Griffith University Many of us have taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) or have administered …
Read More »Nursing home residents are paying $800 a week for services they are barely getting
Anna Howe, Macquarie University Nursing home residents confined to their rooms during COVID are like hypothetical tenants locked in their bedrooms by landlords – unable to take showers, able only to make only sandwiches for meals and cut off from visitors and socialising with fellow residents. If it happened to …
Read More »Should new Australians have to pass an English test to become citizens?
Matteo Bonotti, Monash University On Australia Day each year, thousands of people become Australian citizens at ceremonies around the country. Prospective citizens have to meet a number of eligibility criteria, including passing a citizenship test to show they have a reasonable knowledge of Australia and basic English. But there are …
Read More »Nepalese Community concerns over bogus Aged Care Certificates
Leaders of Nepalese community in Australia expressed very serious concern over bogus certificates obtained through RPL. Posting videos and messages over social media community leaders involved in management roles in Aged Care, advise newcomers international students and members of the community not to be part of such illegal act. Especially it is known many Nepalese community members obtain Certificate III & IV in Aged Care and Disability Care without completing required classes and placements. Certificate III & IV in Aged Care and Disability Care are essential to join Aged Care and Disability Care roles in Australia. Posting their concern over Facebook and TikTok they said it's woeful to know the source of such bogus Aged Care Certificates are Nepalese-owned RTOs. Madhav Raj Paudel (known as Nisprabh Saji) who works as a director of nursing in one of a Sydney aged care facility expressed his concern over circulating bogus Aged Care certificate III posting 3 videos over TikTok. Said, ‘such activities hurt Nepalese reputation in Australian health and care service industry.’ The majority of Nepalese community members in Australia are involved in the Australian health and care industry. He further requests those involved RTOs to stop such illegal activities. He alleged, Nepalese Community Member-owned RTOs offering Aged Care certificates without any training and clinical placements, how to trick in an interview. Paudel posted another video on TikTok as an update, mentioned they contacted such RTO and filed a complaint to the regulator body.
Read More »Sanatan Samaj Australia handed over relief to flood victims in Nepal
Sanatan Samaj plans to establish Pashupatinath temple in Australia, anticipate uniting all Nepalese living in Australia through the cultural and religious thread. Kedar Chapagain/Canberra Sanatan Samaj Australia (SSA), a Canberra-based Nepalese community organization distributed relief materials to flood victims in Nepal. A team with relief materials including groceries and clothing …
Read More »Nepalese society Queanbeyan formed
Nepalese living in another New South Wales regional town Queanbeyan formed a formal community organization ‘Nepalese Society Queanbeyan’. With the growing Nepalese population in the regional town close to the National capital Canberra, members of the community felt the need for communal effort to network Nepalese living around, president of …
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