The aged care providers peak body has revealed some providers are unable to access antivirals amid 1,013 national outbreaks in nursing homes with over six thousand residents infected. Two days ago, the government announced the ADF deployment to aged care ...

Aged care reform will be a top priority of Australia's new parliament as the government extends military support for over a thousand residential homes battling Covid-19 outbreaks. Prime minister Anthony Albanese is set to unveil two major pieces of aged ...

Scott Morrison has come under fire after promising to send in Australian Defence Force troops to help the embattled aged care sector. His promise to assist struggling nursing homes has so far fallen short, with just over 130 ADF personnel deployed. Last week, ...

As news headlines and political debates about Australia's embattled aged care sector rage on, frontline staff have been entirely left out of the conversation according to industry advocates. After 12 years in the industry, former aged care nurse and aged ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will deploy members of the Australian Defence Force to help assist nursing homes with staff shortages caused by surging Omicron cases. Mr Morrison said up to 10 teams of ADF personnel would give “targeted support” in aged care, ...

Peak unions and providers have called for the Australian Defence Force to assist workers struggling with rampant COVID-19 outbreaks and staff shortages. In a joint statement, the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) urged the Prime Minister to deploy the ADF ...