The government has finally announced its response to the Aged Care Royal Commission special COVID-19 recommendations, accepting all six and adding $132.2 million to the aged care coffers. Two months ago the commission released its Aged Care and COVID-19 report, ...

For too long aged care services have focused on balancing budgets while compromising on client care. Unfortunately, the way funding is allocated and providers are evaluated has incentivised a budget-driven mindset, whereas I believe a person-centred model would provide better ...

Today and tomorrow, a tri-state conference in Albury NSW will seek to reform the aged care system through a billion-dollar plan to prevent closures, with a special forum held on how to prepare for future emergencies such as the recent ...

On Friday, the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians Richard Colbeck announced a $50 million investment fund aimed at helping struggling providers. The Business Improvement Fund will be available to eligible business to improve business strategies, maintain services while ...

Australia’s aged care providers are telling government what they want this holiday season – a better aged care system in 2020. And they warned of an impending “aged care emergency” if nothing changes. Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA), Leading Age Services ...

The government has praised a new funding model proposed for residential aged care. Called the Australian National Aged Care Classification system (AN-ACC), its authors say it explicitly focuses on improving quality of care, rather than paying providers. Professor Kathy Eagar, ...

When quality of residential aged care is called into question, two paths to improvement seem to form: improved funding and mandated staffing ratios. The peak body for all providers of age services, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is helping forge ...

LASA has issued a renewed call for improvements to staffing and funding levels following media reports on the death of a resident at a Bundaberg nursing home. Referring to an ABC TV report on the 7.30 program which blamed funding cuts ...