Josh Frydenberg’s first budget has generally been greeted with disappointment by the aged care industry, as ACI has reported elsewhere in some detail. One budget item the treasurer raised, however, gave me some reason for excitement. It was the announcement ...

Aged care wasn’t entirely forgotten about in this year’s Budget announcements – with a number of measures welcomed by the sector – but those waiting for home care were. The government celebrated a $7.1 billion surplus but Leading Aged Services Australia said this ...

Eight of Australia’s largest private residential aged care providers have pledged to publish quarterly evaluations of their facilities. The Aged Care Guild has published the collated results of Consumer Experience Reports (CERs) conducted by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency. Moving forward, ...

Aged care was touted as a key focus for Government in the 2018–19 Budget; in the lead-up to yesterday’s release, media reports promised a slew of funding measures. So how did the sector fair? While key industry stakeholders continue to pick through ...

ACSA has used its pre-budget submission to urge the government to consider funding reforms for the sector, and improve the number of home care packages available to senior Australians. With more than 100,000 older Australians still on the waiting list ...

The Australian Medical Association has today submitted a pre-budget plan to improve national policy and ensure health reforms are successful throughout 2018 and 2019. President Dr Michael Gannon said the pre-budget submission covered a range of topics, including but not ...

Plans include grants, campaign to attract talent from other fields. The NHMRC has unveiled plans for how the $200 million Boosting Dementia Research budget measure will be spent. This includes the opening of the new Dementia Research Grants Scheme, worth ...

Medicare co-payment, changes to pension and aged-care payroll tax biggest gripes. “Measures in the budget simply tinker around the edges without putting in place any sustainable measures to plan for the demographic change,” seniors advocate Ian Yates has said. In ...