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My Page - Your space on Aged Care Australia
My Page enables you to save a list of the things you found interesting on the site and return to it later. My Page also lets you share your list with other people, including friends and family, who may be located anywhere in the world. Using My Page is easy:
Create a My Page
Creating a My Page is easy. Select the 'My Page' link in the top-right corner. You will be asked to provide the following information:| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Your nickname is used to name your My Page. In the future, it will also enable you to communicate with other users without revealing your real name. Be creative with your nickname - you can use letters, numbers and some punctuation - but don't use your real name. |
| Email address | Your email address enables us to send important information to you. We will not send you bulk unsolicited email and we definitely will not give your address to anybody else. |
| Password | You will need to enter your password to access your My Page - this stops other people making changes without your permission. Choose something memorable but that would not be easily guessed by somebody else. Don't write your password down in a place where others can see it. |
| Remember me | If you want, your web browser can remember you so that you do not need to log in every time you want to see your My Page. If you select 'remember me for this visit only' you will have to put your password in again after you have restarted your computer.. |
Once you have supplied this information, select 'Go' and your new My Page will be created.
Add to your My Page
You can add almost anything on Aged Care Australia to My Page. There are two main methods for adding to My Page.Adding a specific page, service, home, etc
If you are viewing a particular aged care home, community care service or help/info organisation you can select the 'add to my page' link in the top right corner, near the 'print' link, to add that particular item to My Page. Once you select the link the displayed item will be added to your My Page, and then you will be taken back to where you were so you can keep browsing.Adding many things at once
If you are viewing a list of community care services, aged care homes or help/info organisations, and you wish to add one or more items from the list, you can:- Select the items you want using the checkboxes
- Select the 'add to my page' link in the 'options' section:
This is a great way to populate your My Page with items of interest quickly.
Use your My Page
Once you have saved some items to your My Page you will want to start using it. You access your My Page by selecting the 'My Page' link in the top-right corner.Once your My Page is displayed you can view the pages, organisations, services and homes that you have saved. Once you have selected a page to look at you will see a list of what you have saved. From the list you can do things like:
- Look at the item again. Select its name to view the full details of the item again.
- Shortlist the item. Select the item and select 'shortlist'. That item, and any other shortlisted items, will now be listed first to make them easy to find.
- Compare aged care homes. Select a number of homes and select 'compare'
- Remove items from My Page. Select the item and select 'remove'.
You can look at other types of items by selecting from the links on the left.
Share your My Page
Once you have added some items to your My Page, you can share it with your friends and family. They will be able to see your My Page but they will not be able to change it. To share My Page fill in the form on the right side of the page:Enter the following information into the form:
- Recipient's name. The first name or nickname of the person with whom you are sharing My Page.
- Recipient's email. The email address of the person you wish to share with. They will be sent an email with a link to My Page so it is important to get this right.
- Your name. This name will be included in the email. Put in a name the person you are sharing with will recognise so they will know the email is from you.
Once you have entered the information, select 'go' and the message will be sent.
Making full use of sharing
Once you have shared My Page the form will change to show the people you have shared with:You can select someone with whom you have shared My Page from the list and do the following:
- Re-send. This will send the email to that person again. Use this if the person lost the original email.
- Remove. This will stop the person accessing your My Page.