Adele Horin

Journalist, former Sydney Morning Herald columnist. Read my blog Coming of Age at

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Australia's carers provide $60b a year of unpaid care.Beware cutting govt. services that help them cope.
http://t.co/Xcf7URTAMz
@CarerwsNSW

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Australia's army of selfless carers need help to keep going. Beware govt service cuts.
http://t.co/Xcf7URTAMz
@CarersAustralia

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Public hospitals are precious. Don't destroy them in the hunt for savings.
http://t.co/Qxy2suFkkg

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

I've learnt first-hand the miracle of public hospitals. Beware the cost-cutters. http://t.co/Qxy2suFkkg #PublicHealth

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

A desire for sex and intimacy through old age is normal, and some nursing homes are catching on. http://t.co/MlRrp1r9h3 @AlzheimersVic

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

It's important to change the myth of the asexual aged People find all kinds of ways to stay intimate. http://t.co/MlRrp1r9h3 @COTAVictoria

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

A campaign against loneliness may help reduce the alarmingly high suicide rate of older men. http://t.co/VygBLU7RWq #ageing #suicide

[Dementia Australia @DementiaNSW]

@sophiescott2 Ordinary kids, amazing courage! Children & grandchildren of people with #dementia speak out. Amazing!! http://t.co/QDgzn8GwGd

[Maralyn Parker @MaralynParker]

The Daily Telegraph ramps up its vendetta against @PiccoliMp http://t.co/XAyTlgY8gw This piece is quite revealing about why the DT hates him

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

It's a mistake to retire too soon
http://t.co/mVgdsOAAsJ #retirement

[Gay Alcorn @Gay_Alcorn]

Kate Legge is such a fine writer I devour everything she writes. (Paywall?) Death notices often leave out real story http://t.co/cG55gW0JRP

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Beware retiring too soon. http://t.co/mVgdsOAAsJ #retirement

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Asexual? Grumpy? Conformist? A study of elderly Japanese women busts some myths. http://t.co/NJZjZg0tWy #aging

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

A good piece on tragic eviction of elderly woman from hospital by @agedcarecrisis warrior Lynda Saltarelli http://t.co/QbHBtr6Ziv via @smh

[COTA Australia @COTAAustralia]

Hear COTA's CE Ian Yates talk to Age Care Insite about what the latest home ownership figures for older... http://t.co/GnKPprDPak

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Japan's grey-haired pacifists are causing Abe trouble. http://t.co/1GgtKDdi0g A recommended read.

[Lee Rhiannon @leerhiannon]

Congrats to @Wendy_Bacon and all who worked on this. Good history of 25yr case @newmatilda https://t.co/6ZxKOV9YF9 https://t.co/9z3fAcHibR

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

The Sydney schools becoming Anglo ghettos - http://t.co/FEYEU2tdAP via @smh

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

Over 65s drinking at 'unsafe' levels and doctors think it's a youth problem. http://t.co/x3JGfyVHnJ UK study

[Adele Horin @AdeleHorin]

What justifies turning your back on a needy parent? An interesting discussion. http://t.co/nEMwxmbYHm #carers