MYEFO funding increases, the workforce strategy taskforce, aged care quality standards legislation and, most importantly, public awareness. These are some positives to come from a tough 2018 for the aged care sector, according to industry representatives. For the coming year, ...

Aged care providers have welcomed a unified voice for remote and very remote services. Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt said the industry-led accord, made up of experienced providers and organisations, recognises the unique challenges of providing ...

Universities are keen to work with the aged care sector to expand the number of placements on offer to health professional students. To meet this end, Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson said there needs to be increased supervision capacity ...

Aged & Community Services Australia policy officer Heather Engelhardt used her presentation at this week’s ACSA conference to outline recent changes implemented by the quality agency. The focus, she said, was not about systems and processes but is now on ...

Two advocates for not-for-profit aged care providers have announced a group membership agreement. The agreement between Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) – the peak body for the nation’s not-for-profit, church, charitable and community-based aged care providers – and Presbyterian ...

“The 60-year-old aged care worker in Burnie is entitled to aspire to get a better job, is entitled to get a promotion, is entitled to be able to earn more money.” This is the phrase Malcolm Turnbull uttered in Parliament ...

Two peak bodies have reiterated that quality in aged care is continuously assessed, following media reports that call into question the quality of care across Queensland facilities. The comments come on the heels of a “secret audit” of the state’s ...

ACSA and Baptist Care Australia have announced their first group membership, which is due to start from July 1. The organisations have both stressed the importance of having a clear national goal for the aged care sector, and hope to ...