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For too long the aged care sector has relied on estimations, provider competition and anecdotal information to set RAD charges. We have found this has resulted in providers either under or over-charging clients. In the case of under-charging, this obviously ...

Sydney state MP Alex Greenwich is leading the charge to legalise voluntary assisted dying in NSW, as he prepares to submit a bill for parliamentary debate next month.His campaign joins multiple states considering whether to grant people suffering from severe ...

Aged care workers in the worst COVID-hit areas of Sydney will be prioritised in the state's vaccine rollout, the government said, as the state enters an extended lockdown.  NSW will prioritise aged care workers and over 10,000 teachers in the ...

During the most recent budget announcement, the federal government reported changes to its payment systems called Improved Payment Arrangements (IPA) in an effort to streamline the administrative processes of Australia’s ageing population and improve the protection of funds for care ...

NSW’s Covid-19 outbreak has turned deadly after an elderly woman died having contracted the virus from a family contact. The state sunk deeper into crisis on Sunday, confirming another 77 cases, including 33 people who were in the community while ...

AgedCareInsite · The Ageing Equation Podcast || Ep 2 The Ageing Equation podcast brings you insights into the aged care industry. Journalist Nance Haxton and residential aged care expert and consultant Safdar Ali break down the latest market analysis and ...

Australia’s aged care peak bodies and unions have rallied together to demand the government take responsibility over the failed vaccine rollout. In a joint statement, the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) along with the ANMF, AWU, UWU, HSU, ASU and ...

The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has launched a new education program to tackle abuse of older people. The new online learning package, Abuse of the older person: eLearning program for health professionals, was developed in collaboration with Age Discrimination ...

Creative writing can deepen insights into how people living in aged care homes experience loneliness, according to a new study.  Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, a senior lecturer of sociology at Monash University, spent six months interviewing residents living in residential aged ...

Two more residents at an aged care home in Sydney’s northwest have tested positive to Covid as fury grows about why unvaccinated staff were allowed to work there. There have now been five confirmed cases at the home, according to ...