Help inform aged care reforms
The Department of Health and Aged Care is seeking input on several of areas of aged care reform including preparedness,...
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Providers call for commitment on workforce funding
Aged care provider groups are calling on all sides of politics to commit to a workforce supplement, a minimum wage...
Aged care peaks take steps towards creation of unified entity
Aged care provider organisations have formed a steering committee to oversee, design and implement a new unified industry association in...
Minister denies aged care sector being left out of reform process
Aged care services minister Richard Colbeck has denied claims the aged care sector has been left out of the picture...
Providers asked for input on home care redesign, new SIRS
The federal government is seeking input from home care providers as it moves towards a sweeping overhaul of the aged...
Concerns raised about assurance reviews
Home care providers will be subject to “assurance reviews” for the first time under new laws introduced in response to...
Councils back right to age at home
Australia’s councils have collectively backed the principle of a universal entitlement to aged care that recognises the preference of people...
Govt says no to aged care levy
The government has accepted 130 of the 148 recommendations made by the aged care royal commission and rejected six, including...
Grattan Institute costs aged care reform at $10b a year
Public policy think tank Grattan Institute says the Federal Government needs to spend an additional $9.8 billion a year on...
Dementia Australia releases roadmap for quality care
Dementia Australia chair Professor Graeme Samuel has spoken about his experience of dementia in his own family as he presented...
Allied health after the Royal Commission: what’s next?
The final report of the aged care royal commission has thrown up opportunities and challenges for allied health in aged...
New Aged Care Act two years away, minister says
It’s unlikely that there will be a new Aged Care Act ahead of the two-year deadline set by the royal...