Consumers Industry Caring & Carers 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...
Consumers Culture Awareness Home & Community 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...
Consumers Industry Advice 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...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers 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...
Consumers Industry Government 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 the...
Consumers Industry Home & Community 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 their...
Consumers Industry Home & Community Draft retirement living standards open for feedback Industry, residents and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the retirement living sector’s proposed new...
Consumers Home & Community Mental Health ‘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 a...
Consumers Industry Government 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...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Equal aged care access for multicultural communities Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Australians will receive support in overcoming barriers they may face in...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers 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...
Consumers Industry End of Life 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 be a...
Consumers Home & Community Positive Ageing Rural services stretched to the limit Limited aged care and health services in remote Australia triggers an unnecessary number of preventable hospital stays,...
Consumers Home & Community Nutrition 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 first...
Consumers Industry Government 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 recently...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers 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 the...
Consumers Industry Government Extra $15 million to support independent living A $15 million funding boost will enable Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers to complete thousands more...
Consumers Home & Community Workforce 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, says...
Consumers Home & Community 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...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers 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...
Consumers Industry Home & Community $4m investment in rural aged care services Senior Australians living in regional, rural and remote areas will have more access to high quality aged care through...