The government has elaborated on the $11 million grant program to help with getting every aged care worker vaccinated. This week Scott Morrison announced that vaccination would now be a condition of work for staff in aged care, with mid-September ...

Perhaps the most frightening feature of the pandemic year of 2020 for those with an interest in age care was the Covid-19 mortality rate amongst the residents and staff of care homes. Caught first by the rapid international spread of ...

Former director of the Workplace Equality Agency, Libby Lyons, is set to take the reins as chair of the Aged Care Workforce Council (ACWIC). Her role will involve delivering a number of major workplace reforms across the sector. In the ...

GPs will receive double the yearly payment to treat aged care residents as part of a government move to improve the health of older Australians. GPs will be incentivised to make more visits to people living in residential aged care ...

AgedCareInsite · Ageing Equation Podcast || Budget 2021-2022 The Ageing Equation podcast brings you insights into the aged care industry. Journalist Nance Haxton and residential aged care expert and consultant Safdar Ali break down the latest market analysis and research ...

Housing is always a place to live with whomever you want to, a place to conduct your daily life, a roof over your head, a place to store your stuff, a place to call home and an investment. But after ...

There is something truly significant missing from the Federal Government’s $17.7 billion aged care reform package: people.   While I support the intention of the reforms, I believe that its proposed investment in staffing – primarily focused on nursing, and ...

The past 18-months has seen COVID-19 perpetuate dramatic change. With that change has come a seismic shift in expectation that has driven a different approach to how things are done. Life pre-COVID is now a distant memory of days gone ...

The first set of data from the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) has been released, with just under half of all providers reporting serious incidents. Under the new scheme, which came into force in April, residential providers have been required ...

The Federal Government’s $17.7 billion of funding to the aged care sector is a significant start to improving outcomes for aged Australians, but it does not enough go far enough to solve the problems in aged care which are deep ...