Face masks mandated for Victorian Covid hotspots
Aged care workers who provide home support across Victoria’s lockdown zones will have to wear face masks from now on...
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New pharmacy agreement supports older Australians
Community pharmacies have signed off on a new agreement with the federal government which commits more than $96 million to...
COVID disability management plan released
The Australian Government has launched its COVID-19 management plan for people with disability following concerns that the nation's 4.4 million...
National group drafts COVID plan for people with disability
A new national advisory group on COVID-19 and people with disability has held its first meeting to draft a coronavirus...
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...
Half a billion for home care in govt response to interim report
The federal government will roll out 10,000 new home care packages from next month in response to the interim report...
New funding to improve dementia care and services
The government has announced a $3 million funding boost to support the national programs for training the aged care workforce...
$70m a year for high need dementia network
The first of 35 new Specialist Dementia Care Units for people whose symptoms are too severe to be adequately cared...
Reducing osteoporosis risk
Professor Belinda Beck Osteoporosis, or “porous bones” is a low bone mass condition that can put people at risk of...
‘One-stop shop’ for online mental health resources launched
The Federal Government has launched Head to Health to help people find online resources on mental health Head to Health,...