The Government announced on Friday that it will abandon its controversial plans to privatise the ACAT assessment process. A communiqué released from the COAG Health Council meeting said: “The Commonwealth has confirmed that it is not proceeding with the current ...

New figures released today by Dementia Australia put the number of people estimated to be living with dementia in Australia at 459,000, an increase of around 116,00 since 2015. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Wellbeing, in 2015 ...

“In the middle of every transformation there is the perception of failure.” This observation, articulated by a wise colleague, manifests itself in many contexts. Right now, it applies to the aged care system as it grapples with the necessary changes ...

Each older Australian living in the community or in residential aged care has different needs towards the end of life. Older Australians reflect the diverse experience of all Australians. Many Australians are born in different countries, speak languages other than ...

At a time when the aged care industry is looking for answers to a number of seemingly unanswerable questions, Pat Garcia looks to the teachings of his faith for guidance. Garcia believes that we could look to the example of ...

There’s a lot of rhetoric in the aged care sector about how best to reform it, admits Danielle Ballantine, but she reckons her Sydney-based organisation is heading in the right direction thanks to an approach focused on simplifying the user ...

Reablement, funding reform and face-to-face guidance were among the topics discussed in the aged care royal commission’s first workshop held in Adelaide this week. Aged care in its current form is often too difficult to navigate, and looking at the ...

The South Australian Government has announced a new grants program aimed at improving palliative care across the state. The Palliative Care 2020 Grants Program offers a limited number of grants of up to $150,000 each. SA Minister for Health and ...