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Industry News
Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner steps down
Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly will step away from the role at the end of her secondment, after leading extensive national consultation and delivering a landmark report that will guide the government’s long term reform agenda.
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Clinical Practice
Palliative care hospitalisations are rising
AIHW data shows palliative‑care related hospitalisations have risen 46 per cent in a decade, with more Australians receiving specialist services, more prescriptions being dispensed and public hospitals spending hundreds of millions of dollars on end‑of‑life care.
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Industry News
Diphtheria spreads in NT, SA and WA
Australia is experiencing its largest diphtheria outbreak since national records began, with 230 cases reported this year and health authorities urging people travelling through northern and remote regions to check their vaccination status and seek medical advice if unsure.
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Clinical Practice
Report reveals aged care VAD failures
A new national report has found that most aged‑care providers are failing to support residents’ access to voluntary assisted dying, with 73 per cent offering unclear or no access and two‑thirds providing no public information about the legal end‑of‑life option.
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Opinion
Aged care model needs rethinking: Opinion
Despite major reforms, older Australians are waiting weeks for assessment and more than 200 days for services, while operators warn the sector is becoming less sustainable and increasingly dominated by large corporate providers.
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In-home Care
Support at Home: Urgent calls for action, funding
The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has blasted the Albanese government, demanding urgent action to address the ongoing challenges threatening to destabilise the transition to the Support at Home (SaH) program.
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Policy & Reform
Government delays Support at Home price caps
The federal government has delayed introducing price caps for the Support at Home program, citing market instability, while announcing new consumer protections including refund powers, quarterly price reporting and stronger oversight to guard older Australians against unfair charges.
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Wages
Aged care provider to repay $11.7m to workers
The Fair Work Ombudsman has ordered Southern Cross Care to repay millions in wages after a self‑audit uncovered years of underpayments affecting thousands of aged care staff across NSW and the ACT, some owed more than $44,000.
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Funding
Vic budget boosts aged care
The Victorian Budget delivers a sweeping $3.9 billion boost to the state’s health system, expanding aged care, hospital upgrades, emergency response capacity and home‑based care programs, while backing the health workforce with new training pathways and hundreds of additional clinical…
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Industry News
Services Union rallies despite imprisonment threats
Union members will defy warnings of imprisonment when they march on the offices of a major business lobbying group, as the Fair Work Commission mulls sweeping changes that could cost workers hundreds per week.
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Digital Health
New standards framework for digital health
The new National Framework for Digital Health Standards sets consistent rules for digital health systems, with experts urging that older Australians be included in design and training to ensure technology remains accessible, respectful and clinically safe.
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In-home Care
Preventing hospitalisations using a multidisciplinary care model
For too many older people, the supports they need don’t arrive early enough, or in a way that keeps them safe and well at home. Avoidable hospitalisations continue to place enormous pressure on older people, families and the health system.
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