Dementia misrepresentation continues
Researchers from Alzheimer’s Disease International are calling for dementia to be recognised as a non-communicable disease and as one of...
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Australia is missing harmonised financial powers of attorney laws
Most adult Australians know that they can appoint someone to make financial decisions on their behalf should this ever be...
Spiritual care in sector must be recognised says paper
Charity and peak body Meaningful Ageing Australia has published a discussion paper exploring the funding challenges in spiritual care within...
Home care help arrives via govt grants
As a result of two grant rounds ran by the Department of Health and Aged Care, 116 new Commonwealth Health...
Support at Home funding consultation opens
The Government is seeking feedback on the draft rules under the new Act related to funding for the incoming Support...
Inform Support at Home pricing
The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority is calling on aged care workers, providers, peak bodies and other stakeholders...
Quality regulator becomes aged care’s one-stop shop
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is now the single regulator of aged care services and the primary point...
Where to for aged care as political turmoil settles?
Following a week of turmoil in federal politics that ended with a new Prime Minister and disappointment among some stakeholders...
Research finds assistive technology pays off
Significant savings could be made in health and aged care expenditure by boosting government investment in assistive technology, new analysis...
Budget: Government allocates $64 million to NDIS jobs fund
The Federal Government will set up a jobs and market fund to stimulate the development of disability provider markets in...
Budget: Treasurer expands government’s reverse mortgage scheme to full pensioners
The Turnbull Government is seeking to boost the retirement incomes of asset-rich, cash-poor pensioners by expanding the eligibility of the...
Budget: Additional home care packages, reablement trial for home support
The Federal Government will release an extra 14,000 high-level home care packages over four years in a bid to address...