Forests of the Night

Editors Note:  We wonder if the Royal Commission into Aged Care will read and take note of this article?  Clearly another example of how aged care is not meeting the needs and right to dignity of older people.

Shirley Stott-Despoja, a journalist for 60 or so years for the Third Age Column in the The Adelaide Review has written an article for The Women’s Agenda daily Update Newsletter about some of her experiences in an aged care facility, as well as some of her early life experiences.  Click below for the full story.

The forests of the night: Shirley Stott-Despoja on ageing, pain, childhood trauma & dignity