The big investment in aged care announced in the federal budget – an extra A$17.7 billion over five years – is a welcome response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. But even an investment of this ...
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Confusion over COVID-19 vaccine timeline continues, minister Colbeck enters the fray
Australians were never expected to have two COVID-19 doses before the end of 2021, Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck says. The development comes as Moderna has also announced it will supply 25 million vaccines doses to Australia under a new supply deal. ...
More »Federal budget 2021: an aged care response
"Australia is coming back," beamed treasurer Josh Frydenberg as he began his budget speech. "In the face of a once‑in‑a‑century pandemic, the Australian spirit has shone through. Doctors and nurses on the front line. Teachers and students in the virtual ...
More »What one aged care message should government hear ahead of its next budget?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the government would detail much of its response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in its May federal budget, and with just under a week to its release, Aged Care ...
More »Albanese accuses Prime Minister of ‘callous neglect’ on aged care, demands budget focus on helping dementia
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese wants next week’s federal budget to ensure dementia management is “core business” for aged care, accusing the prime minister of “callously” neglecting the system. Mr Albanese will deliver a speech at the McKell Institute in Sydney on Thursday, ...
More »Group Homes Australia chief exec talks small scale living: podcast
Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...
More »Australia’s aged care system needs $10 billion a year: Grattan
The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a leading think tank says. The Grattan Institute said the extra spending could be funded by some mix of a new ...
More »3 COVID lessons for a more compassionate aged care system: opinion
While we’re not completely out of the woods yet, we can finally start to see a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID vaccination rollout now underway across the country. The aged care sector ...
More »What older Aussies need, deserve and expect should drive reform: LASA
It has been several weeks since the federal government released the final report from the aged care royal commission and, with the government not set to announce its full response until the May budget, the sector has had time to ...
More »New consortium will make immediate difference to aged care: opinion
One issue the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s report hasn’t changed is that Australians still do not have visibility of whether care provided by a residential aged care facility is good, bad or indifferent. The publicly available ...
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