Is the unpaid assistance provided in the main by family caregivers or other close relatives, friends or associates still necessary, or have carers become a problem? Do they require a new specialised management approach to ensure they don’t get in ...

“I just cried silently all the way home so Don couldn’t see. And I just thought, ‘Well maybe I just end it for both of us’,” said Rosemary Cameron, describing a low point she experienced as an informal carer. Cameron, ...

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 ...

An assessor in the Approved Provider Program Section of the Department of Health, whose identity has been suppressed, has told the royal commission that many potential aged care providers are, in their opinion, “bottom feeders”. The witness, who was referred ...

It was just another shift working as a physiotherapist in a Melbourne emergency department. Hospitals, healthcare and aged care were all second nature to me, until I received a phone call that changed it all. It was my aunty on ...

My Health Record is proving to be a controversial addition to the health system. With the opt-out deadline now extended to January 31, parliament is still haggling over the final details of the roll out. Concerns remain over privacy and provisions for ...

The peak body for dementia in Australia has commended the Victorian government on its recently released carer strategy. The Victorian carer strategy 2018-22 sets out five priority areas: that carers are healthy and well; engaged in education, employment and community; ...

Finally, there is an international forum for research and debate where the problems and questions that surround unpaid care provided at home can receive attention alongside many of the other questions raised by changing policies and service systems. The International ...