A new placement program run by a regional university and aged care provider to attract nurses to the aged care sector is gaining momentum. The UniSC and Lutheran Services expanded their 'Transition to Practise Program' to 28 places across three ...
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Residents scored three in four facilities higher than final 2022 star rating
Aged care residents who were happy with their homes tended to rate them higher than the final star ratings published on my aged care, according to federal data published yesterday. The findings from last year's resident experience survey that contributed ...
More »On-site pharmacists halved medicine harm in aged care: report
On-site pharmacists conducting regular reviews in aged care could lower medication-related harm by 50 per cent, a new study has found. It’s estimated that one in five older people living in aged care homes has an adverse response to medication each ...
More »Aged care minister delivers bill to enact inspector general
Aged care minister Anika Wells has introduced legislation before parliament to enshrine the position of inspector-general of aged care into law. Wells delivered the Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023 this morning to establish an office that would provide independent oversight of ...
More »Labor breaks 24/7 nursing deadline
Labor has admitted it will miss its self-imposed deadline to have 24/7 registered nurses on-site at every Australian aged care home in a significant about-face on an election promise. Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has said the sector is "thousands ...
More »‘Impossible’: rural homes struggle with 24/7 nurses
Rural aged care providers have said having enough 24/7 nurses on-site by July would be 'impossible' as they struggle to recruit registered nurses to live and work in regional areas. Sue Thomson, chief of regional aged care provider McLean Care, ...
More »Governing for good aged care: opinion
You've just joined an aged care board. You reckon you'll be there for five years and are keen to make a difference – but it's looking harder by the day. What are you going to do? Keep it simple. You ...
More »New study links AI to ageism: podcast
An award-winning sociologist is spreading awareness about how artificial intelligence (AI) in aged care could exacerbate ageism within the community. Monash University's Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves has received international recognition for her studies on ageing and socio-digital inequalities among older ...
More »Bolton Clarke announces new Bundoora retirement village
Aged care provider Bolton Clarke officially launched its second retirement and aged care community in Melbourne last week. The planned retirement village, ‘Callisto Place’, will feature 90 one, two- and three-bedroom apartments in the Bundoora suburb. Next to Callisto place, ...
More »BaptistCare kicks off largest aged care merger of 2023
Two of Australia's top not-for-profit care providers, BaptistCare NSW & ACT and Baptistcare WA, will merge to in efforts to improve financial health and meet mandated care minutes and staffing levels. Despite sharing the same name, the two providers were ...
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