The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has expressed its concern that the Morrison Government has no real plan to protect vulnerable nursing home residents and staff during the pandemic.
by Stephen Duckett and Hal Swerissen, Grattan Institute
More than a million older Australians need care at home each year. More than 1000 agencies provide...
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is renewing its call to the Federal Government to fund pharmacists embedded into aged care facilities, to improve medicine management and overall quality of life for older Australians.
It's six months since the release of the aged care royal commission's final report, and confidence among those in the sector that proposed reforms will be implemented is low.
Aged care workers have made an unprecedented commitment to pursue protected strike action if their claims for a decent wage, more care time and more respect are not met by employers.
Australian Multicultural Community Services is offering cash prizes for fresh, innovative ideas on how to best tackle isolation and loneliness in older Australians.
Proposed amendments to federal aged care legislation will prevent legal challenges to residential aged care facility providers implementing restrictive practices, where consent has been given prior. Aged care advocates have concerns. BIANCA ROBERTS reports
Australia's aged care crisis has worsened since the royal commission into the troubled sector with staffing a major issue, unions have told a Senate committee examining new legislation stemming from the royal commission.
Australia needs to shift away from a rationing model to a needs-based system of care for the elderly, similar to the way general health care works, according to a new position paper by the National Ageing Research Institute.
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