The aged care sector has been subject to "ambitious" reforms some of which have been achieved, while others have stalled along the way or are in progress. Following waves of the Covid-19 outbreaks and a confronting royal commission, the aged ...

The labour market update for 2023's September quarter found employment grew the most in the aged and disabled carer, registered nurse and child carer workforces in the year to June 2023. The Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) report recognised these ...

Australians won't be given a new time frame for the introduction of 24/7 nurses onsite in aged care homes after Labor conceded the July 1 deadline would be 'impossible to meet.' On Sunday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said she ...

A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all three staffing requirements needed to meet quality care standards. Last week, the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative published a mid-year report mapping ...

Aged care providers have proposed the federal government establish a specific visa for skilled migrants to deliver 24/7 registered nurses to facilities. This morning, the Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) submitted policy proposals to the government to amend the reform ...

Aged care minister Anika Wells has introduced legislation before parliament to enshrine the position of inspector-general of aged care into law. Wells delivered the Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023 this morning to establish an office that would provide independent oversight of ...

Labor has admitted it will miss its self-imposed deadline to have 24/7 registered nurses on-site at every Australian aged care home in a significant about-face on an election promise. Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has said the sector is "thousands ...

March 1 marks two years since the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s shocking final report was tabled in Parliament. The Royal Commission was a damning assessment of an aged care system in crisis. After years of ignorance, ...

The federal government has rejected accusations it limited access to medication and walking assistance in its updated Home Care Package manual. On Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph reported that the government's new guidelines, which were issued on January 13, had slashed home care support for ...

Providers will see reforms to home care packages, a second deadline for the financial report and an updated star rating score in the first quarter of 2023. Aged Care Minister Anika Wells introduced two pieces of legalisation in July 2022 in ...