The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has today released the most detailed look into the quality of residential aged care homes published in Australia. Using data acquired under the legal authority of the commission, and not previously ...

In the counsel assisting’s final submissions to the aged care royal commission, between detailed accounts of workforce and governance issues, is the uplifting story of a community care worker who walked 6km to visit a dying client. In March this ...

Not surprising that the aged care mandarins are arguing about who should run the aged care show. Because there is no obvious winner that could take these 124 Royal Commission recommendations and turn them into something that will improve the ...

Only a quarter of residential aged care and home care recipients feel their care needs are “always” met, according to a new survey released by the Royal Commission ahead of its final hearing on Thursday. The survey found that 39 ...

Despite all the scientific and medical advances of recent centuries, nothing can bring back the dead we have lost due to the pandemic. Nor can the prosperity and general affluence of modern life erase the pain of losing loved ones ...

The aged care royal commission has handed down its COVID-19 report and the message to Scott Morrison and his government is clear: act fast, act now. The report, Aged Care and COVID-19: a special report, outlines four areas that need ...

Secretary of the Department of Health Brendan Murphy believes the aged care system needs a “fundamental reset”. Murphy, who was Australia’s chief health officer when COVID-19 hit Australia, was responding to a question posed to him at the Royal Commission ...

Nearly $20 billion of government money goes into the provision of aged care each year, but where does it all go? and how is it spent? It seems like we forgot to ask because, as the royal commission is now ...