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The delay to aged care reforms from July to November will cost the budget almost $1 billion.

Labor delays start date for aged care changes, costing budget $1 billion

The delay will add to a growing backlog of reforms for Labor, which is also yet to ink a five-year hospital funding deal and new disability system with the states.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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You can get financial support for aged care if you have limited income.

Aged care costs are soaring but you can still do it on a budget. Here’s how

Not everyone moving into aged care has a house they can sell, or superannuation to draw down, so here’s how to manage it on a budget.

  • Rachel Lane
Nurse Penny Farries spends up to an hour and a half commuting to work from her home in Illawong

Penny’s commute is 90 minutes each way. No wonder workers like her are quitting

Most of Sydney’s care workers live in the city’s west, but demand is highest in the east. That mismatch is taking a growing toll.

  • Matt Wade

Think this election’s ageing voter problem was bad? It’s only going to get worse

There’s been a variety of reasons offered for why the number of informal votes among ageing Australians has almost tripled, but each one fails as an explanation.

  • Shane Wright
The eight residents died in six different homes in 2021.

Eight people died in aged care ‘resident on resident’ aggression. A move is under way to protect others

A coroner is investigating a cluster of deaths of aged care residents to determine what more can be done to protect those suffering from dementia and mental health issues.

  • Grant McArthur
Health Minister Mark Butler.

Surge in voting errors in aged care and hospitals under scrutiny

Peak industry groups and the government are calling for the Australian Electoral Commission to review the cause of increased informal votes in hospitals and aged care homes.

  • Olivia Ireland and Shane Wright
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Australians in or facing retirement are in for a nasty surprise when it comes to the new cost of aged care being rolled out from July 1.

‘Unaffordable’: Why aged care costs are about to skyrocket

Australians in or facing retirement are in for a nasty surprise when it comes to the new cost of aged care being rolled out from July 1.

  • Rachel Lane
Emergency departments in NSW are treating a record number of the most critically ill patients, while wait times have also increased.

‘Beyond comprehension’: The massive blind spot in NSW’s health funding

NSW’s underfunded and overstretched healthcare system risks being overwhelmed by the avalanche of an ageing and chronically ill population who have been failed by the state’s focus on acute hospital beds, a special commission of inquiry has warned.

  • Kate Aubusson
Tracy Salmon allegedly filmed herself sexually abusing elderly patients at a care home and sent the videos to her partner, Troy Campbell, before both were arrested. Salmon was already in prison for defrauding one elderly woman.

Carer ‘raped elderly patients, shared abuse vids with partner’

An aged-care worker allegedly filmed herself abusing elderly patients at a Sydney nursing home before sharing the videos with her boyfriend.

  • Perry Duffin
One of the most significant differences between villages and aged care is the level of care.

What you need to know about the exit-fee sting coming to aged care

While retirement villages and aged care can provide you with accommodation and care, that’s where the similarities often end.

  • Rachel Lane

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