The coronavirus has been described as a cunning and invisible enemy by virologists and politicians. They should know what it takes! As its genetic code compels it to continually reproduce to survive, the virus effectively seeks out whatever opportunity it ...

More than 9500 aged care and disability support workers will be back-paid $3.3 million after one of NSW’s biggest providers admitted underpaying them over seven years. The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW), which runs more than 70 aged ...

All of us know aged care is in crisis. The problem is we don’t really care. Harsh? Perhaps. But it’s an easily testable proposition. So that’s what Catholic Health Australia did during last month’s Eden-Monaro by-election. When we polled voters ...

The aged care royal commission has heard evidence that the government had no COVID-19 plan for the aged care sector, leading to one of the highest aged care death rates in the world. In his opening remarks on Monday, counsel ...

Aged care providers are equipped to deal with the flu and gastro, not unprecedented worldwide pandemics. That’s why Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) chief executive Patricia Sparrow believes all residents who test positive for COVID-19 should be transferred to ...

Coronavirus has starkly exposed flaws in Australia’s aged care system including inadequate staff training and a lack of pandemic planning, the aged care royal commission has heard. In an opening statement on Monday, counsel assisting the commission Peter Rozen described ...

Amidst myriad issues affecting aged care providers in 2020 one matter that has somewhat stayed under the radar is the overlap of NDIS regulation with the aged care system – in particular for residential aged care operators. The NDIS and ...

Victoria has announced 19 deaths due to COVID-19 today, and 322 new cases of the virus on the state’s deadliest day of the pandemic. The new figures, officially released ahead of the Premier’s press conference for the first time, eclipses ...