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 funding is needed but there’s much more to do. That’s the general consensus among aged care groups and representative bodies in the fallout of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of $537 million for aged care. It came on the ...

Australians still don’t trust aged care. The 2019 Inside Aged Care report, which samples 1547 people across Australia, revealed only 20 per cent of Australians trust the industry. This was in line with the findings from the previous year’s report, ...

It’s possible an aged care worker has comforted your loved one before you knew they were upset, laughed with them before you heard the joke and was the first person to wish them a happy birthday. And now, providers are reminding people to give thanks. ...

Providers have welcomed 13,500 new residential aged care places announced by the aged care minister but are again calling for more long-term funding certainty. The government will spend $907 million a year on the places announced in the latest Aged ...

Day five of the aged care royal commission saw a set of tense exchanges between counsel assisting Dr Timothy McEvoy and Leading Age Services Australia chief executive Sean Rooney. Rooney was taken to task by McEvoy over a number of ...

“The hallmark of a civilised society is how it treats its most vulnerable people and our elderly are often amongst our most physically, emotionally and financially vulnerable.” These were some of the final words from commissioner Richard Tracey on the ...

MYEFO funding increases, the workforce strategy taskforce, aged care quality standards legislation and, most importantly, public awareness. These are some positives to come from a tough 2018 for the aged care sector, according to industry representatives. For the coming year, ...