Additional financial boost for Commonwealth Home Support Programme The Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) will receive additional funding assistance of $124.4 million across 2020-21 and 20…
Consumers Aged care spending in food and nutrition would save over $80m per year, says Dietitians Aus Dietitians Australia, a nutrition advocacy group, suggests that using Accredited Practising Dietitians (APDs) to support f…
Consumers New Serious Incident Report Scheme (SIRS) comes into effect in April The Federal Government intends to establish a new Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) into the aged care sector from 1…
Consumers Dementia Government Health and Wellbeing Positive Ageing Extra $44 million for dementia initiatives The Federal Government announced an extra $44 million to extend national dementia programs covering training, suppor…
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Research Safety & Security Aged care sector among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine Aged care staff and residents will be included in the first phase of administered COVID-19 immunisations in mid to la…
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Leadership Procurement & Governance New outbreak management guide for aged care providers A new guide for aged care providers outlines how they should be supporting their staff, care recipients, family membe…
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Leadership Procurement & Governance Government responds to COVID-19 Special Report recommendations As the deadline approached for a response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety's Special Report …
Consumers Finance Government Procurement & Governance Research Independent review recommends overhaul of retirement income system An independent Retirement Income Review has suggested the entire system needs to be overhauled, a call that is suppor…
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Leadership Procurement & Governance South Australia goes into six day "circuit breaker" lockdown Premier for South Australia, Steven Marshall, has just announced a six-day lockdown, similar to what was seen in Melb…
Consumers Advice Finance Government Health and Wellbeing Temporary COVID-19 relief for South Australians on pension As South Australia heads into temporary lockdown conditions in preparation of a potential second wave of COVID-19 in …
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Procurement & Governance Providers Study finds Government-run aged care averages better on quality indicators New research released by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has found that Government operated ag…
Consumers Finance Government Providers Research Aged care financial report card details record financial risk for sector Chartered accountancy firm, StewartBrown, has revealed its latest Aged Care Financial Performance Survey f…
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Procurement & Governance Safety & Security Industry responds to proposed reforms from Royal Commission The industry response to the proposed recommendations to revive the aged care sector has been overwhelmingly positive…
Consumers Industry Government Health and Wellbeing Leadership Final Royal Commission submission and proposed recommendations cause a stir The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety received Counsel Assisting's final submission and proposed re…
Consumers Government Leadership Procurement & Governance Research Government trialling potential ACFI replacement in 2021 The Federal Government has announced a trial of an alternative funding model in the aged care sector, which could pot…
Consumers Industry Education & Training Government Health and Wellbeing Dr Norman Swan explores COVID-19's impact on future aged care Physician and ABC producer, journalist and broadcaster, Dr Norman Swan, expressed the need for costly changes in a fr…
Consumers Education & Training Finance Government Health and Wellbeing Aged care sector responds to missed opportunities in Federal Budget The Federal Government released the Federal Budget on Tuesday night which offered investments into the aged care sect…
Consumers Culture Awareness Dementia Government Positive Ageing Commission unveils COVID-19 recommendations for immediate action The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety released a special report identifying six recommendations for …
Consumers Culture Awareness Government Leadership Procurement & Governance Peak bodies unify to create ten key principles for the future of aged care Six aged care consumer and carer peak bodies have banded together in a bid to outline their shared vision for aged ca…
Consumers Industry Finance Government Procurement & Governance ROYAL COMMISSION: Lacking regulation and future funding changes The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held seven days of hearings, running from 14-18 and 21-22 of S…
Consumers Government Health and Wellbeing Home & Community Research Better housing design is required in aged care future A new research report from Melbourne's RMIT University has found that practical housing design features are necessary…
Australian Healthcare Week Expo 2021 Sydney, 17-18 March, 2021 The 10th Australian Healthcare Week 2021…
Enrolled Nurses' Conference Adelaide - 22-23 April, 2021 The health system is constantly changing and nursing profes…
Aged Care Reform Conference 2021 Virtual - May, 2021 Returning for its second year, the two day virtual event wi…
ACSA 33rd National Summit - A New Age for Aged Care Virtual - 17-21 May, 2021 Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) will be host…
Melbourne Aged Care Conference Melbourne - 11-12 November, 2021 In today’s contentious aged care environment, it has neve…
Brisbane Aged Care Conference Brisbane - 25-26 November, 2021 The current need for aged care nurses to meet the specific …