Aged care providers remain steadfast in their belief that visitor restrictions are supported by those in the sector and the wider community, and have released more research to back it up. Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) yesterday said its national ...

The United Workers Union has launched a national campaign to get aged care providers and the federal government to fund paid COVID-19 leave for front-line aged care staff. In light of major COVID-19 outbreaks at several aged care homes, which ...

When just one patient passed away as a result of COVID-19 infection in a Sydney aged care home, it was considered “a system failure”. To date, our country has lost 27 of its aged care community residents to the virus. ...

Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) has released new polling showing that 69 per cent of Australians surveyed support aged care homes limiting visitors in order to protect older Australians from COVID-19, while they say only 10 per cent oppose ...

Anglicare’s Newmarch House has been put on notice by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and is at risk of losing its licence to provide aged care. Yesterday the commission announced that it has “taken a series of graduated ...

Tasmania will ease a blanket restriction on visits to aged care homes from Monday, bringing the state in line with the mainland. The state government banned all visits to aged care homes in early April, except for compassionate reasons or ...

The beef between the aged care sector and the government over restrictive measures in the sector looks to have been settled, with the announcement of a draft code of conduct on visitation rights as well as a $205 million bump ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will zero in on the impact of the novel coronavirus on the aged care sector as it continues operations outside of public settings. The commissioners called for submissions from the general ...