Earlier this week the Australian Research Council (ARC) awarded Monash University $4.8 million in funding to develop a new training centre for optimal ageing.  The centre will focus on developing emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, digital health apps, and sensors ...

There’s nothing intergenerational about the Intergenerational Report 2021 (IGR). In fact, it seems to pitch generations against one another. If we’re over 65 we’re dependent and have to be looked after, if we’re under 65 we’re not productive enough, have ...

New government data shows that the average wait time for home care has fallen and more people have access to home care packages than this time last year. The home care packages program data report for the period January to ...

For too long the aged care sector has relied on estimations, provider competition and anecdotal information to set RAD charges. We have found this has resulted in providers either under or over-charging clients. In the case of under-charging, this obviously ...

Across greater Sydney elderly nursing home residents brace themselves for the prospect of an open-ended lockdown, as aged care workers scramble to acquire their first vaccine dose to meet the upcoming September deadline. NSW is now facing its most severe ...

AgedCareInsite · The Ageing Equation Podcast || Ep 2 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 ...

In early June the NSW Legislative Committee published its final inquiry into the issue of chronic understaffing in aged care facilities. It found, as did the royal commission, that mandated staffing ratios and more registered nurses were urgently required. When ...

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 ...