Two aged care providers will be put under the royal commission’s microscope as it heads to Hobart this week. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings will examine the operations of Bupa and Southern Cross Care facilities ...

Scott Morrison has committed to a home care funding boost in the tailwind of the royal commission’s interim report. Within the report, commissioners and staff outlined “areas of urgent action” that the government need not wait for their final report to ...

“I sadly haven’t been surprised by the revelations of the royal commission. I know this is going to sound a bit weird, but it’s been a bit of a relief for me that, finally, it’s getting the attention that it ...

The Commonwealth appears to be missing in action. That was counsel assisting Peter Rozen’s assertion as he discussed governance and leadership within the aged care sector while wrapping up a week of royal commission hearings centred around the aged care ...

A new report released by the aged care royal commission has found that, in comparison with the American system, 57.6 per cent of all Australian aged care residents live in homes that are understaffed. The research paper, written by the Australian Health Services ...

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, ...

Governor-General David Hurley has signed off on a request from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety for an extension of six months, Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck has announced. Colbeck also named an additional commissioner – retired ...

A researcher at the University of South Australia has called for more aged care homes to allow their residents to keep pets. Dr Janette Young, a lecturer in health sciences, made a formal submission to the aged care royal commission, ...