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Patient-centred care, also known as ‘person-centred care’, is about treating the person receiving the care in the way they want to be treated.

If you are getting older or looking after someone who is older, you may be thinking about getting home help, getting your legal and financial affairs in order or applying for aged care homes.

Planning ahead can make it easier for families and carers to manage the affairs of a person with dementia.

The Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme (VPTAS) helps eligible people living in rural or regional Victoria with the cost of travelling long distances for specialist medical services.

Learn how to plan and coordinate your own healthcare, and to make the plan that best suits you.

You and your carers should expect clear communication about medical issues and treatment options and costs in hospital in a way that you can understand.

Even after a plaster is removed, the bone is still healing, so take care for at least another month.

Kinship care is the care provided by relatives or a member of a child's social network when a child cannot live with their parents.

After experiencing abuse, neglect or rejection, many children are slow to put their trust in anyone.

Be guided by your baby and let them set the pace when weaning and introducing solid foods.