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• Government
Aged care residents first in line for COVID-19 booster shot
Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt, announced on Wednesday that aged care residents will be among the first to receive a booster shot for COVID-19 in the upcoming booster program expected to...

• Culture Awareness
Union concerned trade deal may provide loopholes for overseas aged care companies
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is concerned the world’s largest trade deal, which Parliament is working towards ratification of the agreement, will have a damaging effect...

• Government
NARI calls for huge home care reform
The home care system needs systemic reform to ensure it is sustainable and effective for older Australians into the future, says a recent report from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI).

• Government
Aged care peak bodies put the Government on notice
The Federal Government has been put on notice by key aged care peak bodies as it has been 100 days since the May Federal Budget and they believe there has been lacking consultation on critical aged...

• Culture Awareness
What will aged care look like in five years?
It has been a tumultuous 18 months in aged care with COVID-19 providing a stark look into the sector’s areas of failure and where the system falls short.

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Mixed messages over the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Prime Minister Scott Morrison passed the blame of the inadequate COVID-19 vaccine rollout on to the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisations (ATAGI) on Wednesday, causing a new blame game...

• Caring & Carers
Right to choose or duty of care? A workforce view of COVID vaccine mandate
Earlier in the week, the Federal Government announced it’s making it mandatory for all staff working in aged care to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The mandate sparked many responses, some are in...

• Culture Awareness
COVID-19 vaccinations made mandatory for aged care workers
It will be mandatory for all aged care workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, following a decision at a snap National Cabinet meeting last night. From mid-September all residential aged care staff will...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Mandatory vaccine reporting from providers, staff not forced to disclose
The Federal Government has rolled out a reporting mechanism for aged care providers to document its staff COVID-19 vaccination numbers and assist with national data around how much of the aged care...

• Caring & Carers
• · Finance
New report finds poor pay and conditions the reason workers are leaving aged care
Industry superfund organisation HESTA has released research that found workers in aged care are leaving the sector due to poor wages and conditions, and HESTA is calling on the Government to improve...

• Allied Health
• · Caring & Carers
Revolutionising controlled drug management in aged care
SPONSORED STORY – An electronic controlled drug management platform by Melbourne healthcare software vendor, Modeus, has helped save aged care nurses time and hassle while also creating a more...

• Advice
• · Culture Awareness
Consumer peaks unite to propose their own aged care reform plan
A detailed response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Final Report was issued by 12 aged care consumer organisations this week, identifying their opinions on key...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Industry peak body demands 15 point plan to be adopted by Government
Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), representing a number of industry peak bodies, has urged the Federal Government to adopt its 15 point plan that has been formulated to get older Australians...

• Leadership
• · Procurement & Governance
The warning signs of workforce compliance risk
SPONSORED STORY – As the attention on workplace compliance across all industries continues to increase, aged care has the lion’s share of the spotlight for important reasons.

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Australia continues to respond to the ACRC Final Report recommendations
Following the release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Final Report recommendations yesterday there has been a lot of conversation, opinions, joy, as well as backlash....