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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Blair Comley as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care. Prime Minister Albanese said Mr Comley would bring 'innovation and policy rigour' to tackle the nation's health system challenges. "He ...

Australians won't be given a new time frame for the introduction of 24/7 nurses onsite in aged care homes after Labor conceded the July 1 deadline would be 'impossible to meet.' On Sunday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said she ...

Amid horrific aged care stories, there is joy, care and connection Residential aged care has suffered two fresh blows in the past fortnight. First, there was the terrible story of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was allegedly tasered by a police ...

An expert group has been assembled to rethink the aged care funding model and put 'people's rights at the centre of the system.' Yesterday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells revealed the new task force would consider taxpayer levies and consumer ...

A call for further research has been made to investigate the mental and physical impact Covid-19 had on older people in residential aged care. More than 5,500 people living in aged care facilities have died due to Covid since the ...

A new report into the aged care industry has highlighted the contrasting financial performance of Australia's residential and home care services.  Yesterday, the Health Department published its second Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS) of the Australian aged care sector from October ...

Aged Care Insite delved deeper into the details of reporting, breaks, and exemptions as the round-the-clock nursing mandate is to become law on July 1. The reform has emerged as a significant concern, especially for small and rural aged care facilities grappling with ...

A new study has emphasised a need for better teamwork between GPs and pharmacists to curb medicine-related harm in residential aged care homes. Nearly 98 per cent of people in aged care experience at least one medicine-related problem, with up to 80 ...

An overwhelming majority of caregivers in Australia reported increased stress levels, isolation and a lack of support during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to recent survey. Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) looked at the perspectives of over a thousand ...

A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all three staffing requirements needed to meet quality care standards. Last week, the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative published a mid-year report mapping ...