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, ...

Peaks, assemble! The Aged Care Guild, Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) and Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) have announced they’ve come together to form an industry group dedicated to leading the sector’s workforce strategy. The need for such a ...

Aged Care Insite was on the ground in Adelaide this week for the 2018 LASA National Congress. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the presentations. LASA’s 2018 National Congress Monday program included a seminar on Reframing Dying in Australia, ...

A rating system for facilities and requirement for there to be one registered nurse on site at all times have been listed among the recommendations of an inquiry into the aged care system. Released this week by the Health, Aged ...

Aged care bodies have today welcomed the passage through parliament of a new set of quality standards. Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt said the standards would intensify quality compliance across residential, home and remote care. “Under ...