The royal commission has urged the aged care sector to reform its approach to the workforce, with counsel assisting Peter Rozen telling those gathered that “the time for action … is now”. At the third Adelaide hearing, Rozen handed the ...

Religious hospitals and aged care providers would be able to make staffing decisions based on faith under a redrafted bill. Speaking to the National Press Club, Attorney-General Christian Porter said the changes will be contained within the redrafted Religious Discrimination ...

The Commonwealth appears to be missing in action. That was counsel assisting Peter Rozen’s assertion as he discussed governance and leadership within the aged care sector while wrapping up a week of royal commission hearings centred around the aged care ...

Many community organisations are hiring ex-corporates for their C-suite to bring in some new thinking and business acumen. A logical strategy given the depth and nature of government reforms to operate more in a business-to-consumer way rather than business-to-government. Boards ...

At the recent ACN National Nursing Forum Georgina Willetts gave the key note speech on nursing’s past, present and future. Willetts joined the profession aged 17 because she “didn’t want to go to university,” and had no aspirations of leadership or pursuing a ...

Research by academics at Western Sydney University has found that nursing undergrads who work in aged care while completing their studies are learning valuable skills and enter the profession ahead of their graduate peers. The research surveyed new graduate nurses ...

A new mentoring program is aiming to improve the perception of working in the aged care industry, amid fears staff demand will outweigh supply. The pilot program involves one-on-one mentoring with an aged care nurse, beginning with tertiary students in ...

Wednesday 7th August 2019 is Aged Care Employee Day, celebrating the hundreds of thousands of people who work tirelessly in the aged care industry. It also serves as a timely and important reminder to make certain that we are supporting, ...