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 ...

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 ...

Australia is set to become a leader in palliative care research, thanks to a $60 million grant for end-of-life care projects. South Australia will particularly benefit, as Flinders University received $8 million for its palliative care related research. College of ...