Former Health Department Chief Martin Bowles has reportedly proposed “virtual nurses” could help address the shortage of nurses in aged care. This might involve remote, possibly artificial intelligence-assisted, virtual care, rather than physical nurse presence, to assist nursing homes to meet new ...
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Aged care one of Australia’s top 10 ‘in demand’ jobs
Aged care nurses and carers have been tipped as being in one of the most in-demand professions in Australia. The federal government ranked the top ten industries facing critical worker shortages over the next five years ahead of its Jobs ...
More »COVID-19 response earns leadership award
Southern Cross Care NSW/ACT has received Catholic Health Australia's 2022 Award for Leadership in Positive Ageing for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Announced on Tuesday night at the National Catholic Health Australia Conference in Brisbane, the award recognised Southern ...
More »Providers call to ‘move fast’ on staff shortages ahead of Jobs summit
Making aged care an attractive place to work, boosting job security and utilising overseas recruitment were key issues flagged at a pre-summit industry roundtable held last week. Aged care providers, advocates, experts and health unions met with federal aged care ...
More »New report highlights failures in aged care vaccine rollout
Aged care staff and residents were left waiting for COVID-19 vaccines last year due to a profound lack of planning by the federal government, a new report has shown. An analysis by the auditor-general found the health department failed to ...
More »Half of Australia’s aged care workforce plan to quit by 2026: report
Up to 139,000 aged care workers intend to leave the industry within the next three years according to a new workforce survey, with many staff holding serious doubts about incoming reform. The CompliSpace Aged Care Workforce Report was published on Monday ...
More »Household chores could lower risk of dementia, study finds
Regularly doing household chores and having daily visits from friends and family could help to reduce one's risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed health data from over 500,000 people participating in the UK Biobank, a long-term ...
More »Aged care Covid-19 figures trending down
The number of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care homes are trending down for the first time in weeks, according to Australia’s weekly aged care report. As of August 5 there were 952 active outbreaks in aged care homes nationally, down ...
More »Major royal commission reforms pass through parliament
The Albanese government has passed its first piece of major aged care legislation, enshrining an updated code of conduct for providers, a five star rating system for residential care homes, and mapping out the details of a new funding regime. ...
More »Nearly 10,000 staff and residents infected with Covid-19
There are nearly 10,000 aged care residents and staff infected with COVID-19 in Australia. Recent data from the Department of Health and Aged Care has shown there are currently 9906 active COVID-19 cases in 1064 residential aged-care facilities across the ...
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