Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney and Eugenia Tsihlis, University of Technology Sydney Australia’s subsidised aged care services now help around 1.5 million older people to receive care and support. Taxpayers contributed A$28 billion to the various programs in 2022-23. ...
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How have Labor’s aged care promises been tracking
The aged care sector has been subject to "ambitious" reforms some of which have been achieved, while others have stalled along the way or are in progress. Following waves of the Covid-19 outbreaks and a confronting royal commission, the aged ...
More »What do Older Aussies want from the new Aged Care Act?
Older Australians and those close to them want human rights to be the top priority in the upcoming Aged Care Act, according to a new submission. Thirteen organisations released the findings of their joint inquiry into the Foundation of the ...
More »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 »Dementia ‘ripple effect’: reason one runner did the Sydney Marathon
With the temperature hitting 32 degrees, 17,000 people took to the city's streets on Sunday to run 42.195km in the Sydney Marathon, including one eager 20-year-old from Wollongong, who set her mind to raising money for Dementia Australia. Participants ran ...
More »The aged care system has failed Aboriginal people. Here’s what Elders say needs to change
Ruth McCausland, UNSW Sydney; Peta MacGillivray, UNSW Sydney; Sacha Kendall Jamieson, University of Sydney, and Virginia Robinson, Indigenous Knowledge The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recognised the aged care system has failed to provide culturally safe care ...
More »Study finds ageism worsens health outcomes for aged care patients
As part of research into ageism's effect on older people's health, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) held educational workshops that saw 90 per cent of its participants rethink the way they communicated with old people. Evaluations conducted both immediately ...
More »‘Older people must be consulted’: Peak advocacy bodies call for public feedback
The federal government has asked for feedback from caregivers, stakeholders, older people, their families, and their carers on the framework of the new Aged Care Act. Last Wednesday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), ...
More »Albanese Government delivers 24/7 nursing mandate
The Albanese Government has fulfilled its promise of implementing the 24/7 nursing mandate across aged care facilities. From July 1, aged care homes were required to have a registered nurse on-site for 24 hours, seven days a week. A month ...
More »How two women are fighting for reform in the aged care sector
In 2019, Amina Schipp met Yvonne Buters through a private Facebook support group when Amina’s mother died due to a medication error. Two years later, the duo have been on a journey of a grassroots campaign called Aged Care Reform ...
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