Society – Caroline Baum

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Society · Guardian Australia

Sharing the Care

I thought when my mother went into aged care my daily work would be over. I was wrong...

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October 21, 2024

Illawarra Flame · Society

An Ailing Hospital

Wollongong is a regional hub and a teaching hospital, but are its standards meeting community expectations?

By Caro Baum

October 14, 2024

Good Weekend · Society

Merci Mission

How to convince your French mother to appreciate the art of gratitude? With difficulty - and then, self-reflection.

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October 12, 2024

Society · Guardian Australia

Dehydration

‘You are sweating half a litre an hour’: what happens to your body when dehydrated – and how to avoid it. As Australia stares down a predicted very hot summer, dehydration presents a serious …

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December 9, 2023

Society · Sydney Morning Herald

Therapy

Breaking up with my therapist terrified me. In the end, it was perfect. After eight years, it was time to say goodbye. My therapist gave me six months’ notice that she was breaking up …

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August 27, 2023

Society · Guardian Australia

Justin Yerbury

‘I wish I could be her hero’: the teenage sweethearts who face motor neurone disease together. When Justin and Rachel Yerbury met, they had no idea that he would become a world-leading scientist – …

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June 27, 2023

Society · Griffith Review

Ageing and Eating

Like falling over, choking in public is always a little embarrassing. When it happens, people feel the need to apologise once the episode is over, as if it were a sign of weakness or …

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March 8, 2022

Society · Guardian Australia

The Refugee Bakery Scheme

‘The bakery is like a family to me’: the asylum seekers and refugees building a new life on sourdough starter. For the trainees of the Bread and Butter project, learning to bake is the …

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September 8, 2021

Society · Guardian Australia

Royal flush: how toilet paper shortages fuelled an interest in high-end 'smart toilets'. Though they’ve been big in Japan for decades, Covid-19 has accelerated Australians’ curiosity about ‘alternative toileting devices’.

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April 20, 2020

Society · Guardian Australia

Designing A Home For My Mother

Gran designs: could building my mother an upstairs flat renovate our relationship? Friends thought we were mad and tried to dissuade us. Despite misgivings, we went ahead.

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March 7, 2020

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Caroline Baum
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I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.