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Men over the age of 85 continue to have the highest suicide rates of any age group in Australia, new data shows, prompting calls to address an issue that experts say has been largely ignored. Recent figures published by the ...

Caring for our ageing population has been nothing short of a challenge in recent years – from the issues which urged the Australian Government to hand down the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, to the COVID-19 pandemic that ...

Former Health Department Chief Martin Bowles has reportedly proposed “virtual nurses” could help address the shortage of nurses in aged care. This might involve remote, possibly artificial intelligence-assisted, virtual care, rather than physical nurse presence, to assist nursing homes to meet new ...

Aged care nurses and carers have been tipped as being in one of the most in-demand professions in Australia. The federal government ranked the top ten industries facing critical worker shortages over the next five years ahead of its Jobs ...

Making aged care an attractive place to work, boosting job security and utilising overseas recruitment were key issues flagged at a pre-summit industry roundtable held last week. Aged care providers, advocates, experts and health unions met with federal aged care ...

Aged care staff and residents were left waiting for COVID-19 vaccines last year due to a profound lack of planning by the federal government, a new report has shown. An analysis by the auditor-general found the health department failed to ...

Aged care providers are voicing concerns the fair work umpire's verdict on increasing staff's wages will come too late. On August 17th, the federal government handed in its submission to the Fair Work Commission (FWC), pushing for a 'meaningful and ...

Up to 139,000 aged care workers intend to leave the industry within the next three years according to a new workforce survey, with many staff holding serious doubts about incoming reform. The CompliSpace Aged Care Workforce Report was published on Monday ...

Close to 20 per cent of Australian rural and remote aged care facilities may apply for an exemption to the mandated requirement to have nurses on site 24/7, due to come into effect by July next year. Associate Professor of ...

An Australian peak body is using Wound Awareness Week (15–21 August) to push for the government to start recognising wound-related harm in aged care. Advocacy organisation Wounds Australia has said the federal government is sleeping on the job while 350,000 ...