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‘A knife fight for staff’: Nurse shortage threatens aged care fix

There could be a shortage of 13,000 nurses in the aged care sector by 2030. The national nursing federation says the industry has to do more to attract and retain nurses.

  • David Crowe

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Baby Boomers face aged care bed shortages as funding crisis worsens

Baby Boomers face aged care bed shortages as funding crisis worsens

The shortage could leave the sector without 21,200 beds as operators warn of financial pressures that will force them to close more homes than they build.

  • David Crowe
The new aged care act is rights-based.

Vigilance must be maintained in aged care sector

The nation was horrified by the state of the aged care sector before the royal commission. We can never be complacent about the quality of care.

  • The Herald's View
Carers do not have to be qualified to be left to look after someone with a disability.

Does the solution to the aged care crisis lie with Australia’s beekeepers?

Australia’s population aged 85 and older will more than double over the next two decades. Is a crisis inevitable?

  • Mary Ward
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Wealthy Boomers should use super for aged care: taskforce

A government-appointed taskforce says a special aged care levy would not be fair to future generations when older Australians are retiring with growing levels of wealth.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
“Poetry sits on the margins of literature and of any economic use. From there you can say and see things differently.”

Award-winning poet Sarah Holland-Batt on fixing the system that failed her dad

The author also explains why paying attention is important for her craft.

  • Benjamin Law
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Tonia Brown’s mother-in-law was suffering with dementia when she was sexually assaulted in her Perth care home.

Ada was sexually assaulted at 83 years old in a Perth aged care home. And no one believed her

Ada Brown’s family, who were powerless to prevent her ordeal, say we must no longer overlook the sexual abuse of vulnerable older Australians.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The federal government has come under fire for the proposed timing of a pay increase for aged care workers.

Aged care reforms will require 25,000 new workers over two years: internal documents

The government identified initiatives that were likely to close that gap, such as migration and pay rises, but they amounted to only 6100 new workers.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins is a supporter of the #shareasong campaign aiming to use music to improve the lives of people living with dementia.

The Missy Higgins song that still makes fans ‘have a good cry’

Watching her grandmother battle dementia helped the musician write a song that has made fans emotional for more than 10 years. Now she’s encouraging others to “share a song”.

  • Angus Thomson
50 aged care residents at Graceville’s Beth Eden retirement home say ’they will have their hands full, but they will manage with the time they have ben given.”

Aged care residents to be forced out of westside facility

An aged care provider at Graceville, which includes the 1888 heritage-listed Verney House, has decided it will close by mid-2023 - meaning more than 50 residents will be offered new aged care accommodation.

  • Tony Moore

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