Announced at the 2021 Federal Budget, the Morrison Government committed $17.7 billion over five years ($3.45 billion per year) to repair the aged care industry. This billion dollar investment into the sector is only the beginning and now the real ...
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A new capital financing model is essential to safe, high quality future aged care: opinion
It’s no secret that Australia has a big task ahead when it comes to tackling the future challenges of aged care delivery. A shadow looms in the sector’s headlights: unprecedented demand for new capital infrastructure as an ageing cohort of ...
More »Culture shock: challenges for migrants in their end of life
Within the next five years, one in four Australians aged 80 or over is expected to be from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background. As they near the end of their lives, there may be challenges both for them ...
More »Revitalising the unloved: aged care providers could breathe life into old buildings with adaptive reuse
Upgrading aged care facilities will be a focus for many providers in the coming years, while some will need to look at new builds to keep up with new expectations in the sector. However, there are obvious drawbacks of building ...
More »Funding boost for home care won’t solve structural problems
The government has committed to releasing an additional 80,000 home care packages over the next two years, at a cost of $6.5 billion. The intent is to address the current waiting list of people needing home care services, funded at an ...
More »Improving wages and conditions for staff key to sector transformation: report
New research by industry super fund HESTA shows that the Australian aged care sector will miss out on a significant opportunity to grow the aged care workforce if there is not an adequate national effort to improve wages and conditions ...
More »Uniting household model of care proving a big hit among residents and staff alike
Uniting Aged Care recently celebrated the opening of its new Amala aged care home in Canberra. Following their small scale 'household model' of care, the 124-bed home aims to give residents greater freedom as they live in households with 18-20 ...
More »Action is long overdue, ageing expert calls for a UN Convention to protect the rights of older people
There is compelling evidence that the human rights of older people continue to be violated globally. Never has this reality been more clearly exposed than through the pandemic period. People have been discriminated against because of their age in relation ...
More »Budget 2021: what they said
The most significant budget for a generation was handed down this week. After years of debate about how we should go about caring for our elders, now and into the future, this budget was to be the answer. Much like ...
More »Surveillance or safeguarding? Study gathers opinions on CCTV in aged care
A new project led by Edith Cowan University is investigating how CCTV could be used to improve the safety and wellbeing of residents in aged care homes. A survey and interviews will canvas opinion from the public as well as residential ...
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