Allied Health Professions Australia strongly supports increasing the hours of registered nurses in aged care, just as we support all the recommendations of the Royal Commission. Unfortunately, cherry picking recommendations does people in aged care a disservice. A single nurse ...
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Aged care insiders detail atrocious conditions
Maggots have been found in the wound of an aged care resident, while other elderly people are allegedly being left in soiled continence pads for more than 16 hours, according to whistleblowers. More than 6500 aged care staff, relatives of residents or residents themselves, have submitted ...
More »Some providers spending $6 a day on food: report
Almost a third of Australian aged care facilities spend less than 10 dollars a day on residents' meals, new data has shown, reviving calls for greater transparency around food spending. Of the 2,600 aged care facilities which self-reported food data ...
More »2022 Budget: Training boost for workers but no wage increase
Tuesday’s federal budget directed $49.5 million dollars to training for aged care workers despite repeated industry calls to increase wages. The Morrison Government's total forecast spending on aged care for 2022-23 has increased by less than 1 per cent compared ...
More »Antipsychotic use still rife in residential care: report
Over half of elderly residents on antipsychotics have no diagnosis for psychosis, a national report has shown, reigniting calls to embed trained pharmacists into aged care. Last week, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released its first quarterly ...
More »Home care plan released, experts warn system is ‘failing’
Correction: the first edition of this article claimed that the new home care system will "adopt a centrally regulated market model" which is inaccurate. An overview of the federal government’s reform plan for home care has been published, giving an ...
More »Major workforce changes needed by 2023, experts warn
Only 3.8 per cent of Australian residential aged care homes are on track to meet the government’s new staffing standards set for 2023, a new study has found. As part of the federal response to the royal commission, providers must ...
More »Nailing the nutrition for older Australians
After serving dishes in exclusive resorts and fine dining restaurants, French chef Stephan Blant said that working in residential care has offered a different type of reward. “It’s life changing,” he told Aged Care Insite. “Unlike in a hotel, where ...
More »One in five aged care workers could resign due to stress and low wages
One in five aged care staff plan to resign by the end of 2021, with two in five intending to quit within the next five years, according to a recent survey. The Perfect Storm report, published by consultancy firm CompliSpace, interviewed over ...
More »Digital transformation an ‘ongoing journey’
Digital innovation has been at the forefront of discussions around aged care reform and planning for the future ageing population. But Dr George Margelis, the chairman of the Aged Care Industry and Technology Council, is warning against innovating too fast. He ...
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