Meditrax staff regularly interview residents from aged care facilities, sharing their experiences online. Age Speaks gives residents a platform to share their stories and provides them with the opportunity to be heard.
Discover the latest articles below.
Music means a lot to me. My favourite song is “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong, it’s glorious. I used to be a singer, a mezzo-soprano. I did eight years of opera, mainly operettas in small groups. And then I went into dancing, just......
02 March, 2020
I completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland. I was always very involved with music, and I still play the piano every morning. I’ve always been interested in theatre and acting. I was selected as one of the first students at NIDA......
02 March, 2020
“My advice is to get out, exercise, and visit people!” For my 100th birthday, I received a letter from the queen. I am 103 years old, and I still have the paper from the year I was born. We lived in south-west Sydney, and it......
02 March, 2020
“Oh, you look much happier now that the footy is coming up!” I came to this aged care home when I was in my 40’s. That’s young, isn’t it? I’m only coming up to 66 now. People always say, don’t talk about your birthday! I’m......
23 October, 2020
“Advice for the young: work hard and save your money” I’m Frank Oliver, born on 4th July 1925, so now I’m 93. I was married to a lovely girl for sixty-eight years and we had three children. We now have ten grandchildren and twenty-four great......
15 January, 2021
“Faith and a Thirst”, Joan Barlow, 94 years My background is Irish and they gave me faith and a thirst – but I’m easing up on the thirst! I came from a wonderful background, the Irish had nothing but their sense of humour, it was......
29 November, 2021
