Budget needs cash boost for home care, say providers
Home care providers are calling on the Albanese Government to inject $800 million into the Home Care Packages program. The...
Month: February 2023
Take a deep dive into the home care reforms
Focus on delivering the most effective and efficient operating model you can and understanding what changes are coming. That’s the...
FWC rules full 15 per cent pay rise this year
While applauding the Fair Work Commission’s decision to pay eligible aged care workers the 15 per cent pay increase in...
Support clients to plan in advance
There’s no better time than now to help care recipients talk about the things that matter most, writes Xanthe Sansome....
New home care manual provides clearer guidance
The updated home care packages program guidelines give much more clarity to providers about what can and can’t be purchased,...
More tips to help older people with medicine use
Here, in the last of a two-part series, Dr Nirvana Luckraj shares more medication management advice – firstly, how to...
Innovative dementia space opens in Queensland
A new purpose-built, person-centred environment for people living with dementia has opened in a seniors living and care community on...
New CEO for Community Vision Australia
Community Vision Australia chief operating officer Yvonne Timson has been appointed as the West Australian aged care provider’s next chief...
Join me in celebrating 15 years since the Apology
There are practical yet powerful ways to reflect and reaffirm commitments to healing and the reconciliation journey, writes Trish Oxford. Fifteen...
Benetas appoints new GM of people
Not-for-profit aged care, in-home and community services provider Benetas has appointed Alicia Goddard as its new general manager for people,...
Learn how culture influences dementia
An online workshop is open to aged care health professionals, researchers and others interested in understanding how culture influences dementia....
Graeme Prior assumes ACWIC leadership
Chair of the Aged Care Workforce Industry Council Libby Lyons has resigned and leadership of the organisation has been assumed...