Home care package (HCP) numbers have been released by the government this year that show 129,000 are still waiting for help, up 1290 from the last report. However, the report shows that placements are trending in the right direction. As ...

If re-elected, the Liberal government will fund a new targeted research centre charged with ensuring Australia has an adequate aged care workforce. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the $34 million Aged Care Workforce Research Centre will ensure the nation builds ...

Providers have welcomed 13,500 new residential aged care places announced by the aged care minister but are again calling for more long-term funding certainty. The government will spend $907 million a year on the places announced in the latest Aged ...

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 ...