Peaks, assemble! The Aged Care Guild, Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) and Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) have announced they’ve come together to form an industry group dedicated to leading the sector’s workforce strategy. The need for such a ...

Aged care providers have welcomed a unified voice for remote and very remote services. Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt said the industry-led accord, made up of experienced providers and organisations, recognises the unique challenges of providing ...

Universities are keen to work with the aged care sector to expand the number of placements on offer to health professional students. To meet this end, Universities Australia chief executive Catriona Jackson said there needs to be increased supervision capacity ...

In a rapidly ageing country, a national approach to planning, training and monitoring of the aged care workforce is essential. This was the main recommendation made by LASA in its submission to the Aged Care Workforce Taskforce this week. Chief ...