Mary Casey provides an insight into the evolution of community care. It is twenty years since I established the Nursing Group and I am astonished at how much things have changed when it comes to community care. I founded the ...

A recent program overview from the Department of Health and Ageing is clearly in favour of the ‘consumer’ model of care. But is that what we really need?  The term “consumer”, rather than “care recipient”, is used in this document.” ...

Five aged care bills have been introduced to parliament to support the Gillard government’s $3.7 billion Living Longer Living Better reforms. Minister for ageing Mark Butler said the reforms would replace an old aged care system, which was designed 25 ...

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is calling for health to be a top priority leading up to the federal election on September 14. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said they are calling on all the parties “to make safe patient ...

Proposed overseas reforms include some good ideas that could work in Australia. By Sandra Hills and Alan Gruner While debate over the Australian government’s Living Longer Living Better aged care reforms continue, the British government released a report, Caring for ...

According to a report released by the Senate, palliative care should be funded under a separate category to other sub-acute services. The committee made 38 recommendations in total including a call for the development of a national framework to support ...

The government’s decision to deviate from the Productivity Commission’s blueprint for aged care will materially compromise the desired outcome, an expert has said. Darragh O Keeffe reports. While the government has made some important moves toward building a more dynamic ...

Providers and others in the industry are searching for answers to help those who find themselves between community and residential care. By Megan Stoyles. There has been a call for intermediate community care packages following a big shortfall in the ...