Breaking Taboos: Older Australians talk about mental health
Helene Thomas, Mia Lindgren and Kate Burridge
11 episodes
4 months ago
David Menadue is one of the longest surviving people with AIDS in Australia. David has overcome many AIDS-related illnesses since he was positively diagnosed with HIV in 1984. He was 32 years old at the time. David has lived a much longer life than many expected him to. He puts this down to a few things, but what he believes has had the biggest impact on him, is the unwavering and ongoing support he received from his family and friends. This episode contains discussions of difficult sub...
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David Menadue is one of the longest surviving people with AIDS in Australia. David has overcome many AIDS-related illnesses since he was positively diagnosed with HIV in 1984. He was 32 years old at the time. David has lived a much longer life than many expected him to. He puts this down to a few things, but what he believes has had the biggest impact on him, is the unwavering and ongoing support he received from his family and friends. This episode contains discussions of difficult sub...
Episode 8: Intergenerational living - Elizabeth's Story
Breaking Taboos: Older Australians talk about mental health
20 minutes
5 months ago
Episode 8: Intergenerational living - Elizabeth's Story
In this episode - Intergenerational Living - our producer Helene Thomas visits a mother-and-daughter sharehouse. It was eight years ago that Elizabeth’s daughter was looking for a housemate. Elizabeth was in her mid 50s, and she was also looking for a place to live, so they moved in together. Turns out they are the best of housemates. They live in a rental in inner-city Perth, Western Australia. When Elizabeth isn’t working as a casual librarian she spends a lot of her time keeping physically...
Breaking Taboos: Older Australians talk about mental health
David Menadue is one of the longest surviving people with AIDS in Australia. David has overcome many AIDS-related illnesses since he was positively diagnosed with HIV in 1984. He was 32 years old at the time. David has lived a much longer life than many expected him to. He puts this down to a few things, but what he believes has had the biggest impact on him, is the unwavering and ongoing support he received from his family and friends. This episode contains discussions of difficult sub...
