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In-home Care
Pressure mounts on aged care algorithm
Aged care assessments are facing renewed scrutiny after the Senate supported a motion urging the Government to abandon the Integrated Assessment Tool, with critics arguing the system is failing to accurately capture complex care needs.
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In-home Care
Government extends CHSP to 2029
After months of sector advocacy and calls for clarity, the Albanese government has confirmed CHSP will remain a standalone program until 2029, ensuring continuity of care for older Australians and certainty for providers.
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Workforce
Women nearly 70% of global health workforce
Women have driven the remarkable growth of the global health workforce over the past three decades, but a new study estimates the world still needs an additional 34.4 million health workers to achieve moderate universal health coverage.
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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
First National Nursing Workforce Strategy launched
Australia’s first National Nursing Workforce Strategy has been launched, with nursing organisations welcoming the roadmap while calling for funding, accountability and implementation measures to ensure it delivers lasting workforce reform across the profession.
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Health & Wellbeing
Violence, shortages plague aged care workforce
A new survey of more than 3,500 aged care workers has found persistent staffing shortages, widespread workplace violence and ongoing concerns about provider accountability despite recent reforms across the sector.
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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
Minimum wage rise a win for aged care
Australia’s lowest‑paid workers will receive a 4.75% pay rise from July 1, lifting the national minimum wage to $26.44 an hour. The ANMF says the increase is “a step in the right direction” for aged care and other frontline workers…
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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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