Report showcases best-practice approaches to aged care
Keeping older people at the centre of all aspects of aged care is a key theme of feedback and recommendations...
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Shedding light on elder abuse
The federal government has launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of elder abuse. Beginning Sunday 28 July, the $4.8...
Call for a focus on care delivered with love
Love is a crucial element of providing care and support for people living with dementia, a leading international theologian tells...
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...
Website helps older people keep active at home
A collaboration of Australian health experts and physiotherapists have launched a new website designed to help older people remain active...
Home Care spared from workforce shortages
Home care providers appear to have been spared the staff shortages affecting some residential facilities during COVID-19 but that could...
Our coverage during COVID-19
As coronavirus continues to spread in Australia, we know those in the aged care sector are keen to understand how...
Provider launches graduate program
West Australian aged care provider Amana Living has launched an education and mentoring program for new nurses and allied health...
Preparing for COVID-19 in the home care sector
Aged care minister Richard Colbeck and Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy will host a national webinar this Friday to...
Providers’ legal obligations for managing infectious diseases
Coronavirus and influenza are among several infectious diseases that aged care providers should prepare for, writes Alison Choy Flannigan. There...
Commissioner throws down gauntlet to community sector
Community organisations must become the “eyes and ears” of elder abuse, the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner has told a...
Govt forum to update providers on responding to coronavirus
The federal health department is bringing experts and aged care stakeholders together in Canberra today to provide information on the...