The federal government’s response to the outcomes of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is a recognition that the system needs to change. Superficially, there are aspects of the response that are encouraging and others disappointing, but ...

Announced at the 2021 Federal Budget, the Morrison Government committed $17.7 billion over five years ($3.45 billion per year) to repair the aged care industry. This billion dollar investment into the sector is only the beginning and now the real ...

The government has committed to releasing an additional 80,000 home care packages over the next two years, at a cost of $6.5 billion. The intent is to address the current waiting list of people needing home care services, funded at an ...

The most significant budget for a generation was handed down this week. After years of debate about how we should go about caring for our elders, now and into the future, this budget was to be the answer. Much like ...

Australia’s aged-care system is in a state of a disaster. The aged care royal commission’s final report, released last month, is just the latest in a decades-long string of depressing reports and inquiries exposing horrific abuse, neglect, and systemic failures. ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the government would detail much of its response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in its May federal budget, and with just under a week to its release, Aged Care ...

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese wants next week’s federal budget to ensure dementia management is “core business” for aged care, accusing the prime minister of “callously” neglecting the system. Mr Albanese will deliver a speech at the McKell Institute in Sydney on Thursday, ...

Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...

‘When too much sport is barely enough’ is a much loved satirical credo made famous by the Australian sports comedians Roy Slaven and HG Nelson as they send up obsessed Australian sports fanatics. Something eerily similar seems applicable to the eight ...

We asked a range of people, “Will aged care be way better in 10 years after the huge effort and expense the Royal Commission report is asking of all Australians?” Why won’t anyone say yes? Sure, they like bits of ...