Aged care advocates and experts have said the federal government's first budget fulfilled key election promises but does not financially support true reform. Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down Labor's budget this week, with $3.9 billion earmarked for the aged care ...
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‘Up in arms’: 76-year-old home care recipient affected by new debit card rule
An Australian woman receiving at-home care has said recent regulation changes made by her provider has negatively impacted her independence. Helen Neville, 76, lives with severe scoliosis, a debilitating condition where the spine is curved sideways, causing significant pain and ...
More »Expert raises Support at Home concerns: podcast
The suggested framework of a unified Support at Home program may have significant flaws that need to be urgently fixed before its commencement in July next year, researchers have said. The UTS Ageing Research Collaborative report was written in response ...
More »Adopting NZ’s aged care blueprint could be Australia’s salvation: podcast
Cameron Holland, chief of Ryman Healthcare Australia If Australia wants to prepare for a rapidly ageing population and fix the unsustainability of the sector, we need to look at alternative approaches, said Ryman Healthcare Australia's recent discussion paper. "Australia's aged ...
More »Royal Commission Response Bill may violate basic human rights: podcast
As the second major aged care reform bill passed the lower house on Thursday last week, law experts continue to advocate removing amendment nine from the first piece of legislation. Of the 14 implementations included in the Royal Commission Response ...
More »Rural homes need more support to meet new standards
As severe workforce shortages cripple the industry, rural and remote aged care homes may have been fighting the hardest to keep their heads above water - and it's not over yet. Upcoming legislation will mandate 24/7 registered nurses by July ...
More »Report reveals workforce has lost faith in aged care reform: podcast
Close to 60 per cent of Australia's workforce say the reforms in the new aged care bills are impossible to realise in the sector's current climate. The CompliSpace report surveyed over a thousand staff and revealed that nearly 90 per ...
More »Time to get to work and face the challenges of aged care reform – opinion
It is easy to be cynical about the new Australian government’s very first legislative bill to receive the endorsement of both houses. The Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022, passed on 2 August, was claimed ...
More »Passing of first reform bill is just one step in the right direction: podcast
Just shy of 11 weeks in office, the Albanese government's first piece of legislation to pass both houses of parliament was one of aged care's major reform bills. The Royal Commission response bill, bringing into effect 14 of the report's ...
More »‘Left standing outside in the cold’ – allied health still waiting for appropriate funding
Amid the passing of one new aged care reform bill, the allied health sector is renewing its call to the federal government to adequately fund allied health. New regulations introduced in the bills include mandated 24/7 on-site nurses in residential ...
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