An aged care service provider has paid back $2.1m to aged care workers across the country after a payroll error was discovered in 2020. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) said both current and former staff working for the provider Calvary ...
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Mandatory care minutes hit aged care homes
Residential aged care homes have been required to report their care minutes to the Department of Health and Aged Care since October 1, equalling a sector-wide average of 200 minutes per day per resident, including 40 minutes spent with a ...
More »New agreements bump up aged care pay by 4.4 per cent
Workers on new collective agreements are scoring average wage increases of up to 5.8 per cent, according to fresh data released by the workplace umpire. The latest fortnightly wages data for enterprise agreement applications to the Fair Work Commission showed ...
More »New regional at-home service opens in Lismore
A new headquarters for at-home care in regional New South Wales has been opened by HammondCare, as part of a commitment to bolster Lismore's future. Last week, Premier of NSW Chris Minns joined HammondCare's chief, Mike Baird, to formally open ...
More »Government reveals pension changes to get more Aussies to work
Older Australians wanting to work can earn up to $11,800 before their pension is affected as stated in the new employment white paper released Monday. The 252-page paper outlined 190 policies with 70 already implemented and 80 underway; 31 with ...
More »Aged care, nurse workforces grew the most this quarter
The labour market update for 2023's September quarter found employment grew the most in the aged and disabled carer, registered nurse and child carer workforces in the year to June 2023. The Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) report recognised these ...
More »Long-awaited Maronite aged-care home opens
A much-needed aged care home has finally opened in western Sydney, focusing on the needs of the local Lebanese Maronite Catholic community. Our Lady Mercy Place in Harris Park officially opened last week and was blessed by the Patriarch Cardinal ...
More »Taking stock of risks for World Alzheimer’s Day
Thursday 21 marks World Alzheimer's Day - an international day to support those living with Alzheimer's disease and dementia driven by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) along with many other bodies globally. This year's theme is 'Never too early, never too ...
More »Dementia care revolution: Tamar Krebs’ rementia approach
Tamar Krebs has been revolutionising how people view dementia through her work at Group Homes Australia (GHA) by reviving the idea of ‘rementia’. Rementia is a Latin term meaning ‘to return to the mind’. Ms Krebs, the founder and executive ...
More »How following global best practices can help aged care providers bolster operational technology infrastructure security
As the world becomes increasingly digitised, the convergence of operational technology (OT) with traditional enterprise IT networks is inevitable. This allows aged care providers to better adapt to changing work environments and to harness the power of a connected world. ...
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