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Aged care can offer more diverse responsibilities, leadership opportunities, and stronger long-term relationships than nursing in hospitals, a Sydney-based aged care provider chief has said. The sector is in dire need of additional staff to meet the 24/7 nursing mandate ...

A nurse educator has reflected on the importance of teaching students the value of a career in aged care on International Nurses Day. Deputy Head of Monash University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Associate Professor Helen Rawson, said nurses are ...

A former aged care worker is facing a lifetime in jail after pleading guilty yesterday to the murder of a resident under his care. Jacob Anthony Hoysted appeared via video link from Casuarina Prison at Western Australia's Stirling Gardens Magistrates ...

Aged care experts have cautioned the Australian government's focus on in-home care could lead to fiscal pressures on the budget in the near future. Last Tuesday, Labor announced it would redirect $2.2bn in funding for aged care facilities to pay ...

Tuesday’s budget provided a billion-dollar spend to lift the wages of more than 250,000 aged care workers but flagged a future decline in spending towards residential care. This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down Labor’s ...

Aged care providers can now apply for simplified temporary visas to sponsor overseas direct care workers. The move, announced last Friday, is expected to streamline the hiring process and supply the sector with more overseas workers. The aged care sector ...

Interacting with family and friends and confiding in someone at least once a month could help reduce a person's likelihood of developing dementia, according to a new Australian study. Research conducted by UNSW's centre for healthy brain ageing analysed 13 international ...

Bob Craig, an 89-year-old aged care facility resident, has fulfilled his lifelong dream of jumping out of airplane. Last week, Bob jumped from 15,000 feet accompanied by Allity Lilydale's lifestyle coordinator Maureen Hincksman. The Scotsman took the leap wearing a ...

Next week's federal budget will fund a highly-anticipated salary increase for aged care workers after Labor announced a major increase in sector-wide spending. On Wednesday, the government said it will fund a 15 per cent pay rise for over 250,000 ...

A lack of proper evaluation of federal government-funded programs may be contributing to the significant issues in aged care, experts have said. Of the annual $64bn government funding towards community services programs, including aged care, $61bn was not adequately checked ...