Consumers Industry Government ROYAL COMMISSION: Government repeating the same mistakes as in 2006 The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety hosted a panel of industry experts who are actively attempting to...
Consumers Industry Government ROYAL COMMISSION: People not covered by NDIS aren’t eligible for YPIRAC initiative The Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has admitted to the Royal...
Consumers Industry Government ROYAL COMMISSION: Aged care isn’t appropriate for young people with disability At today’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Department of Health’s In-Home Aged Care division...
Consumers Industry Government ROYAL COMMISSION: “My number one goal is to get the f*** out of the nursing home” The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety started their Melbourne Hearings today to investigate the...
Consumers Industry Government Earle Haven scandal results in new Bill Following the dramatic and abrupt closure of the Earle Haven Retirement Village in Queensland mid-July, the State...
Consumers Industry Government Next hearings for Royal Commission into Aged Care focuses on young residents The upcoming Royal Commission in Aged Care Quality and Safety hearings will be held in Melbourne from the 9th –...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness A pet makes a world of difference in aged care Animals are well-known to bring joy and happiness to older people, but this is now backed with scientific evidence that...
Consumers Industry Government ROYAL COMMISSION: Lacking regulation and inadequate Government action The last three days of the Brisbane hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety investigated the...
Consumers Industry Government Royal Commission released next round of background papers The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has released three more background papers this week, following...
Consumers Industry Government ROYAL COMMISSION: “It was quite a fraught day” The first day of the Brisbane hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety heard from multiple...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Aged Care Royal Commission heads to Mildura and Brisbane The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will be holding three days of hearings in Mildura, Victoria, and...
Consumers Industry Government East Arnhem Land receives $20 million aged care service boost The Federal Government is providing over $20 million for a new aged care service and facility to be built in Nhulunbuy...
Consumers Industry Education & Training ROYAL COMMISSION: High-quality food is vital to wellness in aged care The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held a panel of aged care chefs and hospitality staff on day 2 of...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers ROYAL COMMISSION: “I was no longer a daughter, I had become a supervisor” The first day of the Cairns hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety heard a case study of...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness ROYAL COMMISSION: Facilities struggle to meet basic care needs Last Friday, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety added an extra day to their Darwin hearings,...
Consumers Industry Government Home care queue for older Australians is growing Industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), believes the recent data from the Government reveals an...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Changes to the Aged Care Quality Standards The new national Aged Care Quality Standards launched today, establishing a higher quality of care model for consumers...
Consumers Industry Caring & Carers ROYAL COMMISSION: No way to identify a good provider The final day of the Perth hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety heard from a researcher...
Consumers Industry End of Life ROYAL COMMISSION: Begging to stay in hospital and challenges of palliative care The fourth day of the Perth hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety listened to a case study...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Change is coming to aged care, so what does that mean? The new Aged Care Quality Standards will be coming into affect on 1 July, which will change to the level of care...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness ROYAL COMMISSION: Bad care, poor reporting and lack of dignity The first day of the Perth hearings for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is examining...