Aged care homes continue to run at a financial loss despite raised home care packages and federal funding. According to the latest UTS Australia's Aged Care Report, providers are facing financial threats due to significant challenges. "Across the sector, the ...

New research suggests older people might be encouraged to engage in more harmful forms of gambling as bingo outlets introduce new technologies similar to those used in poker machines. Gambling is most prevalent among Australians over 65, where nearly 60 ...

After three decades of advocating for aged care, Ian Yates has announced he will step down as chief executive of COTA. He has been at the helm of the peak body for almost 20 years, during which time he oversaw ...

An aged care provider says the reason facilities are closing is due to the government's inadequate funding model. Over 60 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes have been losing money, forcing them to shut their doors while leaving ...

After many years of waiting, peak bodies LASA and ACSA have announced they will join forces as the new Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) from 1 July. The final push came from the Royal Commission's report which called ...

A number of reports and planning documents released without fanfare by the Commonwealth Department of Health in January and February this year spell out the direction that the Federal Government seeks to take the proposed new Support at Home (SAH) ...

After the challenges of funding significant spending on COVID-19, 2021’s $17.7bn aged care reform package and the additional $2.1bn for mental health, it was not unreasonable to expect that 2022’s pre-election budget would be less exciting for health than previous ...

One of the aged care sector's most outspoken advocates has announced she will enter the race to replace Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt in the independent seat of Flinders during the upcoming election. Director of Aged Care Matters ...

The federal government has highlighted the reforms it says it has made a year after the handing down of the final report of the aged care royal commission, but the sector’s peak body is calling for increased funding and a ...

As news headlines and political debates about Australia's embattled aged care sector rage on, frontline staff have been entirely left out of the conversation according to industry advocates. After 12 years in the industry, former aged care nurse and aged ...