Nurses working in aged care are paid so poorly that they are forced to stay on higher casual rates and work 52 weeks a year to attain a living wage, the royal commission has heard. Paul Gilbert from the ANMF’s ...

Aged care providers are eyeing a US star rating system for staffing levels after a report suggested it could be replicated for the Australian sector. In a royal commission report, the Centre for Health Service Development pitched Australia’s aged care ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has sat for 55 days so far, calling 296 witnesses. Of those, 85 per cent have given testimony on issues concerning the aged care workforce, with 113 witnesses providing their perspective ...

The royal commission has heard from Heather Brown who described her fear of entering the “confinement” of aged care, which she and other forgotten Australians see as another institution. Brown, 79, was taken as a ward of the state at the ...

Aged care royal commission chair Richard Tracey has died aged 71. In a statement, the commission said that Tracey died on Friday 11 October after a short illness. Tracey died in California where he was receiving treatment for cancer diagnosed seven ...

On the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the aged care royal commission we heard from veteran Brian Lynch, 73, who has been in aged care for a decade. Lynch suffers from a number of service-related physical injuries, as well ...

The Royal commission started its second stint in Melbourne this week and is focusing on some of the sectors of society not yet heard from. “Diversity is a hallmark of humanity, yet aged care providers and the aged care system ...

After another horror week of revelations, aged care behemoth Bupa has taken a step towards repairing its reputation by meeting with prominent aged care advocate Stewart Johnston. Last week the ABC reported that more than half the nursing homes run ...