Attrition is a key player in the aged care sector’s future workforce woes and a new survey has shown why. The survey of 5,000 workers revealed more than two-thirds (38 per cent) plan to leave the aged care sector within five years. ...

The royal commission has heard from Heather Brown who described her fear of entering the “confinement” of aged care, which she and other forgotten Australians see as another institution. Brown, 79, was taken as a ward of the state at the ...

A new report released by the aged care royal commission has found that, in comparison with the American system, 57.6 per cent of all Australian aged care residents live in homes that are understaffed. The research paper, written by the Australian Health Services ...

A Sydney mother was not being provided with the “necessities of life” when she developed fatal pressure injuries while in her urine-soaked bed in her filthy house, her sons’ trial has been told. Australian Federal Police diplomatic protection officer Phillip ...

On the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the aged care royal commission we heard from veteran Brian Lynch, 73, who has been in aged care for a decade. Lynch suffers from a number of service-related physical injuries, as well ...

The aged care sector needs more funding, more staff, better training and better food. So far, so ‘same old story’. ABC’s Q&A cast its gaze on aged care this week with a panel comprised of familiar faces for those knowledgeable about ...

Australians living with disability are being exploited by Centrelink’s controversial robodebt welfare recovery scheme, a parliamentary inquiry has been told. The Senate’s community affairs committee is today hearing from social service experts, who are continuing their calls for the scheme ...

Nurses and doctors have joined forces today, calling on the government to act now on the “crisis” in aged care. The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and Australian Medical Association (AMA) have released a statement urging action now, rather ...