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Indonesian home cooking is one of the world's great vegetable-forward cuisines, built on vegetables, legumes, whole grains and gentle spices. For older Australians dealing with constipation or...

Searching "womens shed near me" and coming up empty is one of the most common frustrations we hear from readers. Women's sheds are one of the fastest-growing community movements in Australia, yet...

Two empty-nesters walk into two very different communities. One buys into a retirement village and accepts a deferred management fee on the way out. The other buys the home outright in a lifestyle...

Retirement does not have to mean the end of paid work. Plenty of Australians in their 60s and 70s pick up casual jobs for the extra income, the staff discounts, or simply to stay connected and...

If you are one of the hundreds of thousands of Australians caring for an elderly parent, Centrelink has two different payments with confusingly similar names. Carer Payment and Carer Allowance are...

Did you know that receiving aggressive medical treatments during the final weeks of life often leads to more hospitalizations and less comfort? Research indicates that continuing certain cancer...