Aged care funding must close the nurse wage gap, says union. Last week’s federal budget failed to include a number of key workforce issues which would help deliver quality care for older Australians, says the ANF Yvonne Chaperon, ANF assistant ...

The lack of mandatory qualifications for AINs continues to be a concern for the nursing profession, writes Annie May. Patients in community care are at risk of neglect and abuse as a result of no mandatory minimum qualifications for assistants ...