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.
Aged Care
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
More at-home care places simply ‘doesn’t cut it’
Former teacher Judith Sherrington spent much of her adult life on the move and taught English all over the world in classrooms from Paris to Adelaide.
Spend on seniors lifts home services
The federal government will spend $1.6bn on 23,000 more home care packages to support ageing Australians to live longer in their own home.
Urgent call for more aged-care nurses
Aged-care homes need more nurses on duty because residents’ basic needs are not being met in many facilities, the nurses’ federation says.
Report with a heart will help vulnerable oldies
Richard Colbeck failed to give the necessary leadership.
Grieving families deserve an explanation
Far from there being a comprehensive national plan, as Scott Morrison has insisted, there was instead an absence of one altogether.
Safe visits for elderly would be fine result
The Morrison government and senior federal bureaucrats have felt ambushed by the aged-care royal commission over COVID-19.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/aged-care/page/3