The appearance of two new sub variants of Omicron in Australia is unlikely to lead to renewed restrictions and lockdowns in aged care, two immunologist experts have said. BQ.1.1 and XBB strains recently emerged in NSW, Victoria and WA, and ...

This is a difficult time for aged care in Australia in so many ways. We know this from personal experience working in aged care or from using it or visiting loved ones dependent on it. We know it also from ...

The federal government has unveiled its plan to safeguard aged care homes from rising Omicron and influenza cases as defence force support and restrictions wind back. Last week, aged care minister Anika Wells met with aged care commissioner Janet Anderson, ...

Workforce shortages present a significant challenge for the aged care industry. The increasing demand of work in the field, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic management requirements, highlights an urgent need for a review of the aged care crisis. Although the ...

Greg Hunt has pointed the finger at one group of people over the takeup of booster shots. The Health Minister has been slammed for failing to know how many aged care residents who died from Covid-19 during the Omicron wave had received their ...

Aged care residents faced an increased risk of abuse, delays in clinical assessments and forced admission into care during COVID-19, a new landmark report has detailed. The Older Person’s Advocacy Network (OPAN) released the first public insight into the experiences ...

A new independent review into the handling of COVID-19 in residential care has identified the key factors which make staff and residents more vulnerable to severe outbreaks. The report, titled ‘No Time for Complacency’, contained a number of in-depth interviews, ...

A Sydney doctor has declared “pre-Covid life has died” as he made an impassioned plea for the nation to get vaccinated as the only way of returning to some form of normality. In a now viral Facebook post, Sacha Kepreotis described ...

The federal government has faced continued scrutiny this week over vaccination rates in the aged care sector and not being able to accurately say how many workers are fully vaccinated, as the number of COVID cases in the latest outbreak ...

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has dismissed “emotive” criticism of the sluggish vaccine rollout as Health Department officials were slammed for lacking key data on Victoria. Appearing before a senate committee on Tuesday, Colbeck also revealed one resident at Melbourne’s Arcare facility, who ...