The Albanese Government has released a new online tool to show aged care homes financial transparency. Dollars to Care will hold providers accountable for how they utilise taxpayer funds for resident care, food, wages, and services. The initiative is hosted ...
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Parts of ACT’s voluntary assisted dying bill to be rewritten
Australian Capital Territory officials have been tasked to rewrite parts of the voluntary assisted dying (VAD) bill after an inquiry found phrases to be "vague". A parliamentary inquiry last week found that a person's "last stages of life" and "advanced" ...
More »Aged care sector failing to find nurses
New figures from the Department of Health and Aged Care found that residential aged care is facing a gap of 5,918 nurses by 2024-25 – an improvement of only 44 from government forecasts during the December quarter. The Australian has ...
More »Financial elder abuse exacerbated by unaffordable housing market, study finds
A new study has suggested parents helping their adult children to buy a house will not protect them from financial abuse as they age. Housing prices, paired with the cost-of-living crisis, has driven many Australian young people to borrow money ...
More »New WA aged care an example of ‘living in the home’ recommendations
A new residential aged care opened in southern Western Australia, basing its practices and homes on community. MercyCare has opened a new facility in Maddington, south-east of Perth, which has six houses each housing 18 residents. The 108-bed community is ...
More »Council-run in-home aged care services axed in Vic
A Victorian council has decided to axe the in-home aged care services it provides to residents. In a council meeting last Wednesday, the City of Port Phillip, in Melbourne, voted to end its in-home aged care services. Around 650 residents ...
More »Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide. But federal laws conflate them and restrict access to telehealth
Michaela Estelle Okninski, University of Adelaide; Marc Trabsky, La Trobe University, and Neera Bhatia, Deakin University Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in every Australian state and will soon begin in the Australian Capital Territory. However, it’s illegal to discuss ...
More »‘An eggciting time’: Egg consumption beneficial for older Aus
A new partnership between Australian Eggs and Hearts4Heart aims to educate Australians about the health benefits of eggs on their hearts and cardiovascular systems. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects more than four million Australians, costing the economy $5bn each year – ...
More »Assaults in NSW aged care rise to highest level
Assaults reported at NSW aged cares have surged to the highest level in a decade, with the figure more than triple the number recorded a decade earlier. Data by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) obtained by the ...
More »New data shows dementia to almost double over 30 years
New data reveals the number of people living with dementia is expected to nearly double by 2054. Research by Dementia Australia revealed that dementia rates will increase by 93 per cent by 2054. Chief of Dementia Australia Maree McCabe said ...
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