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Policy & Reform
Government targets unfair aged care fees
The federal government has moved to stop aged care providers charging residents extra for services they were already receiving, with advocates welcoming the change while calling for stronger consumer protections.
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Policy & Reform
New insights into elder abuse outside the cities
A landmark national study has found financial abuse is the most common form of elder abuse in regional Australia, with adult children most often responsible and older people facing significant barriers to accessing help and support.
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Policy & Reform
The private health rebate debate
As debate continues over the future of age-based private health insurance rebates, researchers say historical evidence points to only modest changes in coverage levels and limited pressure on Australia's public hospitals.
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Governance
Closing the governance insight gap
The Aged Care Act and Strengthened Quality Standards demand unprecedented accountability from governing bodies. Yet new research shows boards may struggle to access the insights required to ensure safe, high quality care.
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Clinical Practice
Report reveals aged care VAD failures
A new national report has found that most aged‑care providers are failing to support residents’ access to voluntary assisted dying, with 73 per cent offering unclear or no access and two‑thirds providing no public information about the legal end‑of‑life option.
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Opinion
Aged care model needs rethinking: Opinion
Despite major reforms, older Australians are waiting weeks for assessment and more than 200 days for services, while operators warn the sector is becoming less sustainable and increasingly dominated by large corporate providers.
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Policy & Reform
Aged care workers’ national push for staffing ratios
Aged care nurses and carers have launched a national campaign calling for mandated staffing ratios, stronger action on workplace violence and greater transparency over aged care funding, arguing the sector remains under significant pressure despite recent reforms.
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Workforce
Fuel relief for aged care workers
Thousands of aged care and community workers will receive a temporary increase in their vehicle allowance after the Fair Work Commission lifted the kilometre rate to help offset rising fuel and transport costs.
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Funding
Aged care development ‘constipated’: Minister
The Federal Government has committed $25.9 million to expand six aged care homes across the Illawarra, with the projects expected to deliver 73 new beds and help ease pressure on local hospitals.
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Wages
Aged care nurses receive final wage increase
Aged care nurses have received a fifth wage increase, completing a series of Fair Work Commission-ordered pay rises that have lifted annual earnings by up to $36,000 since 2022 and increased investment in workforce retention.
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Tech & Innovation
Tech a double-edged sword for over 65s
Many older people say rapid digital change is leaving them behind, with technostress, scams and inaccessible online services creating new barriers to essential care, social connection and financial security.
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In-home Care
Preventing hospitalisations using a multidisciplinary care model
For too many older people, the supports they need don’t arrive early enough, or in a way that keeps them safe and well at home. Avoidable hospitalisations continue to place enormous pressure on older people, families and the health system.
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