A research team is calling for the government to fund pets in aged care to improve residents' mental health. The University of South Australia (UniSA) published its study on implementing foster cats into aged care earlier this year. UniSA researcher and project ...

An aged care provider has spearheaded a palliative care program to raise the sector's awareness and increase support for family members. Not-for-profit organisation HammondCare has been trialling 'The Last Days' program over the past year and will officially launch the ...

Ian Yates has been appointed as the new interim inspector-general of aged care. The brand-new position and the Office of the Interim Inspector General have been set up pending the passage of legislation to establish the permanent Inspector General and Office, which is ...

The Fair Work Commission has ruled a 15 per cent pay rise for nearly all aged care workers, including personal care and recreational staff, effective in full from June 30. The umpire's decision this Tuesday rebuked the government's plan to ...

Dementia has overtaken coronary heart disease as the leading cause of disease burden, injury and premature death among Australians aged 65 and older. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released its updated Dementia in Australia report today, which ...

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has said increased spending on aged care would mean 'some sacrifices need to be made', avoiding the question of whether Labor is planning to raise taxes. The risk of a tax increase became even more likely ...

British nurses are staging a 48-hour strike and 'won't back down' in a bitter row with the government over wages and nurse-to-patient ratios. Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) have walked off their jobs six times since December ...

The ramping up of regulation in aged care over the past two years has led to providers and staff losing autonomy in their roles, an employment relations professor has said. In July last year, aged care minister Anika Wells announced ...

Australia's aged care providers have asked to address workforce and worsening operating losses in the upcoming federal government's budget. Today, the Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) published a 15-page pre-budget paper, naming workforce and sustainable funding as the sector's ...

The federal government has rejected accusations it limited access to medication and walking assistance in its updated Home Care Package manual. On Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph reported that the government's new guidelines, which were issued on January 13, had slashed home care support for ...