ROYAL COMMISSION: At least $2 billion investment needed to reduce home care package waiting times
On the final day of the second series of hearings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in Adelaide, Commis…
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ROYAL COMMISSION: My Aged Care “waiting for people to die”
Ruth Harris has told the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety her 91 year old mother Joyce Edwards waited 1…
Cultural Diversity Week shines light on housing struggle
With the increasing population putting pressure on the housing market many older Australians are facing the prospect of li…
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ROYAL COMMISSION: More help required for older Australians with disability accessing My Aged Care
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has today heard more support is required for older Australians… -
ROYAL COMMISSION: Focus on home care supports
Hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care re-commenced in Adelaide yesterday, with a spotlight to be shown on … -
More Australians receiving home care, but overall wait list still growing
The Government’s latest home care data report shows the current ‘drip feed’ funding model is failing to reduce … -
Feros Care and Google partnership to give seniors more control at home
New technology will give seniors living at home up-to-the-minute details about their care and allow them to manage t… -
Draft retirement living standards open for feedback
Industry, residents and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the retirement living sector’s proposed new… -
‘Be a friend’ project aims to reduce loneliness in aged care residents
The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) is encouraging Victorians to ‘befriend an older person’ as part of … -
Regional Australia the winner in Government’s latest ACAR results
Australia’s rural, regional and remote areas will share in over a third of 13,500 new residential aged care places … -
Equal aged care access for multicultural communities
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Australians will receive support in overcoming barriers they may face in… -
Royal Commission releases first background paper
The aged care system’s size and shape is “constrained by Government through controls on supply of aged care place… -
New “one-stop shop” to improve pain management in aged care
A revised and expanded book and additional resources for pain management in residential aged care homes promises to b… -
Rural services stretched to the limit
Limited aged care and health services in remote Australia triggers an unnecessary number of preventable hospital stay… -
Baptist Care SA opens first food hub in Adelaide CBD
Older people struggling to pay for groceries and everyday food items are among those benefiting from Adelaide’s fir… -
More home care packages as Government commits $662m to aged care
An additional 10,000 home care packages across all levels will be made available as part of the Government’s recen… -
5,000 more seniors to benefit from short-term care
The number of senior Australians receiving short-term restorative care each year will almost triple on the back of th… -
Extra $15 million to support independent living
A $15 million funding boost will enable Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers to complete thousands mo… -
Call for younger generations to consider career in aged care
Working in aged care is “rewarding and deeply meaningful” and a career path more young people should consider, sa… -
Spreading the word about home care
With the Government rolling out an additional 10,000 high-level Home Care Packages (HCP), many people may still be in… -
Celebrating women in aged care
Women working in the aged care industry across the globe are being recognised and celebrated as part of a new social …
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