New assistive technologies to help predict and prevent falls among residents will be trialled in one Victorian aged care home. Tech company, HomeGuardian has partnered with Villa Maria Catholic Homes (VMCH) and Deakin University to test an artificial intelligence (AI) ...
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‘Our collective efforts have impact’: Indigenous rights advocate named Senior of the Year
Human rights and social justice advocate Professor Tom Calma has been named Australia's 2023 Senior of the Year. The ACT-based Kungarakan Elder is known for his national and statewide advocacy work pushing for equal rights and welfare of Aboriginal and ...
More »Perth aged care worker charged over alleged attacks on residents
A man has been charged with indecently assaulting three different women in two different Perth aged care homes. WA Police allege the first incident happened in July last year when the 56-year-old was working at a facility in the northern suburbs. He allegedly ...
More »Southern Cross Care chief defends new care model
A controversial decision to move lifestyle and admin staff into carer roles has been defended by one of Australia's major aged care providers. Southern Cross Care Tasmania announced in mid-November its plans to train lifestyle, kitchen and leisure staff to ...
More »AI funding to upgrade quality in aged sector
Australia's major scientific research organisation has granted researchers from Victoria University over a million dollars to speed up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in aged care. CSIRO's funding will go to five PhD projects looking to reduce falls and ...
More »No third booster for residents amid fifth wave
Australians, including vulnerable groups, will not be asked to roll up their sleeves for a fifth Covid-19 vaccine just yet, Health Minister Mark Butler says. On the backdrop of a spike in cases across the country, Butler said ATAGI had ...
More »Age and veteran pensioners get $4,000 boost
Age and veterans pensioners will soon be able to work more without it affecting their Centrelink payments. It comes after amendments were moved in the House of Representatives this week which will extend the $4000 boost through to December 31st ...
More »Aged care workers set to receive pay rise
Aged care workers are set to receive a 15 per cent interim pay rise after the Fair Work Commission ruled that existing pay did not "properly compensate" industry workers for their value. The decision, handed down by the Commission in November, ...
More »Ageing population care sectors ‘next great test’
Aged care providers will buckle under Australia's ageing population unless swift action is taken to meet an oncoming wave of demand, the aged care minister has warned. Anika Wells told the Melbourne Institute Outlook conference that demand for aged care ...
More »Aged care workers may benefit from new work reforms
Parents, carers and older Australians would be able to take their bosses to the Fair Work Commission to fight for flexible hours under Labor’s industrial relations reforms. The Albanese government will seek to change “outdated” laws in order to give ...
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