The current funding model for aged care not coping
Aged care industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is urging the Australian Government to pick up the slack o…
Finance
Minimum Wage increase concerns aged care peak body
This week, the Fair Work Commission announced a 3 percent increase to the National Minimum Wage and Modern Award, causing …
Aged care groups support Raise the Rate campaign
Australian aged care advocacy organisations are backing the Raise the Rate campaign in a bid to encourage major p…
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New housing project tackling older women homelessness wins industry award
Older single women in Queensland have an innovative resource to rely on with the recently recognised share house init… -
Warnings of online scams targeting older Australians
With scams already costing Australians over $14 million so far in 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commi… -
Annual report reveals areas of ‘main activity’ in aged care pricing
Trends of the past five years, the performance of the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner over the past 12 months, and hop… -
Impending federal election reignites debate over age pension means test
The Australian family home is the focus of a new campaign by seniors advocacy group National Seniors, which is callin… -
Report shines light on struggling aged care industry
Concern continues to mount over the financial future of the nation’s aged care sector, following the public release… -
Senior women promised a more secure financial future
Australian women are the focus of a recent announcement by the Federal Opposition which promises to ‘bridge the gen… -
Payment boost for pensioners
Pension payments are set to rise from September 20 thanks to an announcement from Federal Minister for Families and S… -
New PM announces plan to scrap proposed pension age increase
The new-look Federal Government is set to abandon the previous plan to raise the age pension access age to 70, in a w… -
SA Budget reveal leaves seniors advocacy group ‘deeply concerned’
Questions have been raised by the peak body supporting and representing South Australia’s more than 633,000 older r… -
Independent tribunal called to change pension rates
Calls for an independent tribunal to change the amount of age pension for senior Australians have been made, as it is… -
Future care crisis ‘on the cards’ as Australians fail to plan
Failing to plan for future care has been revealed as a common trend among older Australians in a new first of its kin… -
Aged care subsidy indexation rates increase labelled ‘inadequate’
A number of the nation’s key aged care peak bodies have hit back at the Federal Government for being out of touch, … -
Report reveals the sustainability of the aged care sector is at ‘serious risk’
Funding cuts to aged care services, combined with rising operating costs and growing acuity and complexity of residen… -
Applying for the Age Pension ‘too hard, too complicated and too long’
Older Australians are coming forward in a new research report with complaints about the Centrelink application proces… -
Seniors groups and the banking industry call for a “crack down” on elder financial abuse
A number of Australia’s leading seniors and legal advocacy groups and the Australian Banking Association are callin… -
New approval round prioritises rural, regional and remote aged care places
A “record-breaking” new Aged Care Approval Round (ACAR) with a focus on aged care in regional, rural and remote a… -
Minister announces new Aged Care Pricing Commissioner
For the first time since its establishment, the Federal Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, has appointed a new Aged C… -
Seniors warned over shocking scam statistics
A high alert has been issued for all Australians after a new report has revealed that more money was lost to scammers…
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