staffing ratios

NSW inquiry calls for staff ratios to ease ‘burden’ on the sector

In early June the NSW Legislative Committee published its final inquiry into the issue of chronic understaffing in aged care…

A lack of registered nurses is the next aged care crisis, but will anyone listen?

Maree Bernoth is angry. It doesn’t appear straight away; she’s affable on the phone and the kind of interviewee you…

Innovation, not ratios the key to fixing aged care: chief executive

“Ratios, ratios, ratios. Everybody will tell you that.” This was the response of aged care resident Merle Mitchell earlier this…

Queensland government targets rogue aged care providers with new Bill

The Palaszszuk-led Queensland government made good on its promise to improve transparency among the private aged care facilities in the…

Queensland promises staffing level reports, mandated ratios

Private aged care providers operating in Queensland will be asked to publicly report staffing information. If they don’t, it may…

Ratios, ratios, ratios: Royal Commission Sydney hearing begins

You could be forgiven for missing the Lionel Bowen Law Building on Sydney’s Goulburn street. Its slate grey facade blends…

Committee recommends publishing aged care staffing levels

Aged care providers should be required to report staff-to-patient ratios for their facilities each quarter, a committee investigating the move…

Make publication of aged care staffing levels law: ANMF

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) will today reiterate its support for a Bill that would make it compulsory…

Path to better aged care: mandated staffing ratios or better funding base?

When quality of residential aged care is called into question, two paths to improvement seem to form: improved funding and…