Aged Care Funding
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Podcasts
A provider’s take on the budget and aged care reform: podcast
Rising costs of living are hitting aged care providers hard and recent federal budget has offered little relief, according to…
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Industry & Reform
Call for emergency funding as providers reach fiscal cliff: podcast
Experts are calling for emergency government funding to prevent more aged care homes from going under. StewartBrown's latest March 2022…
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Industry & Reform
What the budget means for our health and aged care sectors – five ideas to start reform: opinion
After the challenges of funding significant spending on COVID-19, 2021’s $17.7bn aged care reform package and the additional $2.1bn for…
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Industry & Reform
Is there anyone responsible here? opinion
Perhaps the most frightening feature of the pandemic year of 2020 for those with an interest in age care was…
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Industry & Reform
Funding boost for home care won’t solve structural problems
The government has committed to releasing an additional 80,000 home care packages over the next two years, at a cost of…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
Australia’s aged care system needs $10 billion a year: Grattan
The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a…
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Nurses, carers win in aged care reforms
A $1.2 billion workforce compact between government, providers and unions hopes to turn around the poor wages and working conditions…
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Budget missed opportunity to close gap
Aged care funding must close the nurse wage gap, says union. Last week’s federal budget failed to include a number…
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