‘Chance to make up for years of neglect’
The ALP says the aged-care royal commission report provides a “pathway forward” for reforming a sector “besieged by neglect”.
Aged Care
Commissioners’ split muddies hopes for reform
The aged care commissioners have sought to play down their differences in their final report, saying they may strengthen reform. Don’t buy that for a second.
Aged care system ‘besieged by neglect’
The two-year royal commission’s final report lists 148 recommendations for change to a sector beset with difficulties over the last decade.
Commissioners split over aged-care reforms
The aged-care final report makes contrasting recommendations for a new model that means higher taxes or greater-user pay contributions.
The fix is in for ‘broken’ aged care
The quality of life of millions of Australians could hinge on a document now sitting with the Morrison government.
Too few carers ‘puts our elderly at risk’
Aged-care workers say they can’t deliver the quality of care residents deserve because too few staff are rostered on at any time.
Seniors lobby for homecare boost
National Seniors Australia is calling on the Morrison government to immediately boost the number of homecare packages and roll out a training program.
Make jabs a must for our workers: aged-care bosses
Aged-care providers are urging the nation’s chief health officers to recommend making vaccinations mandatory for nursing home staff.
Aged care ‘must get its house in order’
Nursing homes will have to address their culture and leadership before the ailing sector can improve, the Health Department says.
No jab, no job: Premier
Annastacia Palaszczuk says the COVID-19 vaccine may have to be mandatory in high-risk industries.
Weigh giving jab to frail elderly: TGA
Doctors and nurses administering the Pfizer vaccine should ‘carefully assess’ the merits of giving the jab to the frail elderly on a case-by-case basis.
Aged-care watchdog seeking more bite
Australia’s aged-care regulator looks to triple its on-site retirement home audits after being accused of failing to manage COVID-19 outbreaks.
Four in 10 nursing home residents suffer abuse
Up to 40 per cent of nursing home residents in Australia are experiencing abuse, a rate that is among the highest in the world, a new study has revealed.
Minister wants to stay despite aged-care pain
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck says he wants to retain his portfolio ahead of the looming Morrison government cabinet reshuffle.
Warnings over Christmas visits
‘Rogue’ aged-care providers continuing to impose COVID-19 restrictions on visits from relatives, the Council on the Ageing has said.
Pension has elder poverty falling
Poverty rates have dropped sharply for retirees as the share of the population in poverty with a bachelors degree has almost doubled, a new study has found.
Aged-care wages $4.25m short
Apology to aged and home care workers as Australian Unity becomes latest major company to admit underpaying by millions.
Private aged care: the risks exposed
Private nursing home residents four times more likely to be hospitalised for malnutrition than those in government-run homes.
Push to lift aged-care pay 25pc
The Health Services Union will seek a 25 per cent pay rise for more than 200,000 low-paid aged-care workers over four years.
‘Toothless regulator’ failed to help the aged
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission issued just one sanction after receiving more than 2000 complaints in the months prior to Victoria’s deadly second wave.
Retirees hit but ‘it’s for the good of all’
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe says he feels savers’ pain, but that lower rates are in the national interest.
Peace of mind thrives at nation’s first dementia village
Garry Collins was in his late 50s when something began to change in his brain
Wait list for care at home barely budges
The waiting list for home care packages dropped by just a couple of thousand over the first half of 2020 despite a royal commission last October.
‘Palaszczuk’s pensioners’ swayed by Premier’s grit
Elderly women impressed by Annastacia Palaszczuk’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic are emerging as key supporters in her bid for re-election.
‘Unacceptable’ aged care needs funding, vast reform
The federal government will be asked to fundamentally overhaul the nation’s ‘unacceptable’ aged-care system and commit far more funding.
Sir Humphrey-speak strikes a discord
Things could be a little frosty between the aged-care commissioners as they sit down to finalising their royal commission report.
Aged-care residents ‘treated like kids’
New survey of aged-care recipients raises serious questions about a lack of respect and dignity, including being treated like children and forced to wear continence pads.
Trust in aged-care system dwindling: survey
Australians want to remain at home as they age, and are keen to avoid formal aged care, a new report finds.
Despite 700 deaths, no sanctions
The aged care watchdog failed to issue any sanctions during the second wave despite the deaths of nearly 700 Australians.
Stimulus fails older workers and those in aged care
Older Australians affected by COVID-19 job losses miss out on budget support available to the young, advocates warn
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