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 ...

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 ...

Aged care homes are being pushed further into debt as they are left guessing when an estimated half a billion dollars of emergency Covid expenses will be reimbursed. Federal Government introduced Covid support grants to assist aged-care providers in controlling ...

A Federal Government task force assigned to find a long-term solution for sustainable aged care funding has suggested wealthier individuals pay more for their care rather than introduce a tax or levy. On Tuesday, the task force convened in Adelaide ...

Labor has admitted it will miss its self-imposed deadline to have 24/7 registered nurses on-site at every Australian aged care home in a significant about-face on an election promise. Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has said the sector is "thousands ...

The ramping up of regulation in aged care over the past two years has led to providers and staff losing autonomy in their roles, an employment relations professor has said. In July last year, aged care minister Anika Wells announced ...

The federal government has rejected accusations it limited access to medication and walking assistance in its updated Home Care Package manual. On Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph reported that the government's new guidelines, which were issued on January 13, had slashed home care support for ...

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has given a sneak preview into the star rating system and how well aged care providers meet quality standards. The Preliminary Star Ratings, released last Friday last, revealed 31 per cent of aged care providers ...

After a year of rapid changes around laws and mandates in aged care, the sector is looking ahead to more reforms to come in the next year. Aged Care Minister Anika Wells introduced two pieces of legislation in July this ...

Aged care providers will buckle under Australia's ageing population unless swift action is taken to meet an oncoming wave of demand, the aged care minister has warned. Anika Wells told the Melbourne Institute Outlook conference that demand for aged care ...