An innovative telehealth cart is bringing families closer together at The Good Shepherd Home, in Townsville, especially for crucial conversations with health professionals. For instance, one of the home’s residents recently connected to a family member who lived remotely and ...
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Life and death on the waitlist
An 86-year-old Adelaide Hills man has tragically personified the problem's surrounding assessments in the aged care system, requesting euthanasia under SA's Voluntary Assisted Dying laws rather than continue to wait for in-home care. Cyril Tooze was approved for a Level ...
More »No. of people who can’t afford a visit to the GP doubles
Data has revealed a large increase in the number of people living in New South Wales who cannot afford to visit their GP. The NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) report Access Denied: Australians Locked Out of Quality Healthcare, conducted ...
More »Three new staffing quality indicators added for residential aged care
The Australian government has announced the introduction of three new staffing quality indicators to the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program (QI Program) for residential aged care. The additions, scheduled to come into effect on April 1 2025, will ...
More »‘National scandal’: Only 1-in-100 rentals are affordable for essential workers
Barely one-in-100 rentals in Australia are affordable for the average nurse, construction worker, early childhood educator or hospitality worker. Anglicare Australia has crunched the numbers and finds essential workers who can get a rental have essentially no money left to live ...
More »Ageing population and govt reform drive demand for dementia respite care
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed this week that dementia is projected to become the nation's leading cause of death. In 2023 dementia was the second highest cause of death behind ischaemic heart disease, however, less than 250 death ...
More »Both paid and unpaid carers sacrifice their own wellbeing, data shows
Concerning figures have been released regarding the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of the nation's carers. The Palliative Care Australia (PCA) national workforce survey analysed the impact of the growing demand and resource challenges associated with palliative care on both ...
More »Lighten the load with technology that saves money and retains staff – opinion
Finding and keeping the staff required to deliver the best of care for older Australians is no simple undertaking, as aged care providers across the country can undoubtedly attest.According to the 2022 CompliSpace Aged Care Workforce Report, around half of ...
More »Govt still ‘going through’ damning menopause report
Health Minister Mark Butler has declined to say how the government intends to respond to a damning report that found both the health system and workplaces were failing women. Released last week, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's report made ...
More »The government has a new plan for residential aged care. Here’s what’s changing
Nicole Sutton, University of Technology Sydney and Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced it will implement the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. The government already signalled back in March ...
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