Home care reporting lags on international scale
Australia has no quality reporting for home care and needs to immediately establish an independent regulatory system based on overseas...
Month: August 2020
Feros Care wins international HR award
Not-for-profit home and community care provider Feros Care has taken out a top gong at an international employers awards. The...
Call for federal budget to provide national carer strategy
The peak body for carers has called for a national strategy and a ministerial advisory council in its pre-budget submission,...
Disability providers ‘bottom of PPE pecking order’
Disability service providers were told in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic they could only access PPE if hospitals...
New CEO at Northcott disability services
Liz Forsyth has been appointed to replace Northcott’s long-term CEO Kerry Stubbs. Liz Forsyth Ms Forsyth officially takes up the...
Watchdog surveys consumers about home care during COVID
The aged care regulator is reaching out directly to consumers for the first time to gain an insight into home...
ECH adds tech power to executive team
ECH (Enabling Confidence at Home) has announced three technology-related executive appointments, after becoming the first Australian aged care provider to...
Catholic Healthcare opens Wagga Wagga wellness centre
Catholic Healthcare has opened a new wellness centre in Wagga Wagga. The wellness centre adds to the a suite of...
Women with disability at greater risk of violence during lockdown
Women with disability are experiencing three times the rate of family violence during COVID-19 as their able-bodied counterparts, the disability...
Opinion: Staying safe at home
No one deserves to end their days isolated and separated from their loved ones, writes Adjunct Professor Dale Fisher. Dale...
New housing models could offer ‘third aged care sector’
Innovative models of housing that integrate person-centred care could provide a 'third sector' in aged care, a royal commission research...
Pandemic eroding confidence in aged care system
More than half of Australians say their level of confidence in the aged care system has fallen since the start...