Three years ago, a call went out for stomal therapy nurses from Australia to help implement a new training program in Kenya, and Trish Griffin was one of the people who answered. The call came from Elizabeth English, from the ...

Aged-care provider Benetas hosted a luncheon in Melbourne on Tuesday to celebrate and thank its volunteer corps, which numbers over 400. “We know that we wouldn’t be able to do the work we do without the very important service of our ...

Under a new paid-leave policy, employees of a Victorian aged-care provider will be able to take time off work if they are experiencing domestic or family violence. Southern Cross Care (Vic) has offered staff a possible five days in any ...

Age-service providers have reached out to school students from the Gold Coast and the Illawarra to drum up interest in aged care. IRT College has partnered with the NSW Department of Industry and Apprenticeship Support Australia to pilot a school-based ...

The upcoming federal parliamentary inquiry into the aged-care workforce should give special attention to the needs of Indigenous people, an academic has said. In the lead up to the Senate inquiry into Australia’s aged-care workforce, Dr Maree Bernoth, a senior ...

In scenes reminiscent of a blockbuster movie set or undercover exposé, silicon masks and body suits that resemble seniors are being incorporated into university campuses to prepare students to care for older patients. Southern Cross University has been using simulation ...

Nurses, midwives and aged-care workers stand to lose more than $359 million a year if Sunday penalty rates are reduced to Saturday levels, a new report commissioned by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has found. The McKell Institute report, ...

Leading aged care services provider Japara Healthcare has announced the acquisition of the Profke Aged Care Group along with its four NSW and Queensland based facilities. The move represents Japara’s entry into the Queensland aged market and will bring the ...