NSW Premier Chris Minns has backed the state police following the release of crucial details about the fatal tasering incident that occurred in an aged care home in May. New documents released this week reveal that the first press release ...

A rural health service has received considerable funding from the federal government to launch a care planning tool for older Australians in rural communities. Yesterday, the Australian government granted $1.3m to fund the rollout of the Indigo 4Ms tool designed ...

A regional Queensland aged care provider has welcomed the first group of personal care workers from overseas under a renewed government scheme. Yesterday, the eight workers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) arrived under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme to take ...

Amid horrific aged care stories, there is joy, care and connection Residential aged care has suffered two fresh blows in the past fortnight. First, there was the terrible story of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was allegedly tasered by a police ...

An expert group has been assembled to rethink the aged care funding model and put 'people's rights at the centre of the system.' Yesterday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells revealed the new task force would consider taxpayer levies and consumer ...

A new report into the aged care industry has highlighted the contrasting financial performance of Australia's residential and home care services.  Yesterday, the Health Department published its second Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS) of the Australian aged care sector from October ...

A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all three staffing requirements needed to meet quality care standards. Last week, the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative published a mid-year report mapping ...

A group of protesters have called for NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb to stand down over the death of Clare Nowland last week. The great-grandmother died in Cooma Hospital last Wednesday, a week after police tasered her during an incident at ...

The NSW police officer who allegedly tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland has been charged after the beloved great-grandmother died in Cooma Base Hospital last night. Last Wednesday, two Monaro Police District officers were called to Yallambee Lodge in the Snowy Mountains ...

Penelope Marshall has become the first-ever aged care representative of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).  With over 25 years in healthcare, Ms Marshall worked the majority as the national manager of patient safety and clinical risk for ...