Aged care providers pin reform hopes on new ministers
Aged care providers have welcomed the new aged care ministers and called on them to nominate aged care reform as...
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Trial of rapid antigen testing in home care
The cost of running rapid antigen tests in the home care sector is significantly less than the cost of managing...
Home care providers unable to take new clients because of staff shortages
Many home care services are unable to take on new clients because of acute workforce shortages, an aged care industry...
$10.6m in budget to get young people out of aged care
Next week’s budget will include $10.6 million for a national network of system co-ordinators to help keep younger people with...
$100 million for aged care coronavirus support
Greg Hunt, Scott Morrison and Professor Brendan Murphy announcing over $100 million in funding for aged care as part of...
Stakeholders share tips on emergency preparation
From left: Rob Kilpatrick, Zamir Yusuf, Troy Speirs, Vikki Karatovic, Liz Roberts and Anne Brewer Aged care providers need appropriate...
Alzheimer’s drug trial shows promise
Rosie Craven enjoying reading her latest book Participants in an international trial investigating a drug to slow down cognitive decline...
$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...
775 new restorative care places allocated from July
The first 350 of 775 new restorative care places announced in last year’s budget will be allocated by July, the...
MYEFO measures ‘unlikely to help’ embattled providers
The economic measures announced in the federal government’s mid-year budget outlook are unlikely to improve the financial struggles many aged...