Allied Health Professions Australia strongly supports increasing the hours of registered nurses in aged care, just as we support all the recommendations of the Royal Commission. Unfortunately, cherry picking recommendations does people in aged care a disservice. A single nurse ...

A survey has found the majority of aged care workers have not received Scott Morrison’s $800 workforce bonus. In January, the prime minister promised two instalments of up to $400 in response to mounting concerns over underpayment, staff shortages and ...

After 11 years of working in aged care, Donna Rowland has reached her limit. The Victorian personal care worker is one of the hundreds across Australia struggling to meet elderly residents' basic care needs due to critical staffing shortages. “I've ...

Peak body Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) has announced the winners of its 2021 ACSA Aged Care Awards. The yearly awards recognise outstanding achievements and contributions made by organisations, teams and individuals in the aged care industry over the ...

The pandemic has impacted many of us around the world, especially the frontline healthcare workers, myself included, as a pain physician in Melbourne. Politicians talk about revitalisation post-COVID-19 but they fail to talk about the emotional pain that the frontline ...

The United National International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18 September, was a reminder to all employers that the gender pay gap is an ongoing problem in Australia across professions, including in nursing and healthcare. More needs to be done ...

Nursing, already under pressure, is reaching breaking point due to the pressures of COVID-19 and a disjointed healthcare system, including the acute, primary and aged care sectors. We must act now to protect our nurses and healthcare: the time has ...

One in five aged care staff plan to resign by the end of 2021, with two in five intending to quit within the next five years, according to a recent survey.  The Perfect Storm report, published by consultancy firm CompliSpace, interviewed over ...

Picture the scene. It's 2.00am and you're three coffees and two bags of m&ms down and you've lost count of how many laps of the ward you've done. You're on the first shift of a week of nights and sure, ...

The government has released nationwide aged care workforce vaccine data as the September deadline counts down to under three weeks.  In an interactive map, Health Department numbers display average immunisation rates by geographic location, identifying broad differences between metro and ...