Aged-care workers don’t get a day off when severe weather rolls in. Through heavy rain, strong winds and even extreme heat, health professionals and management must find ways to provide the care needed and address unexpected problems as they arise. This was ...

The number of foreign-born care workers in Australia has increased considerably in recent years and understanding migration patterns is critical to addressing aged-care workforce challenges, a study has found. The research from the University of Sydney, titled Foreign-born Aged Care ...

Staff members at Montefiore Nursing Home in Randwick, Sydney, have banded together to help their Fijian colleagues whose families were affected by Cyclone Winston. Following the cyclone, which hit Fiji in March this year, staff held a fundraising dinner to help those ...

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 ...