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NSW Premier backs police amid backlash over fatal tasering incident

NSW Premier Chris Minns has backed the state police following the release of crucial details about the fatal tasering incident…

New care tool for rural older Australians receives federal support

A rural health service has received considerable funding from the federal government to launch a care planning tool for older…

First workers arrive from Papua New Guinea under revised government scheme

A regional Queensland aged care provider has welcomed the first group of personal care workers from overseas under a renewed…

New task force weighs up consumer contributions

An expert group has been assembled to rethink the aged care funding model and put 'people's rights at the centre…

Home care faces financial setback: Quarterly Snapshot

A new report into the aged care industry has highlighted the contrasting financial performance of Australia's residential and home care…

March against police after Ms Nowland’s death

A group of protesters have called for NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb to stand down over the death of Clare…

Officer charged after 95-year-old Clare Nowland dies in hospital

The NSW police officer who allegedly tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland has been charged after the beloved great-grandmother died in Cooma…

Penelope Marshall: Trailblazing aged care voice on Nursing and Midwifery Board

Penelope Marshall has become the first-ever aged care representative of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).  With over…

Police taser 95-year-old woman at Cooma aged care facility

A 95-year-old woman has been hospitalised after being tasered by police inside a NSW aged care home.  Police officers were…

WA aged care worker pleads guilty to murder of resident

A former aged care worker is facing a lifetime in jail after pleading guilty yesterday to the murder of a…

Aged care providers push for removal daily fee cap

Aged care providers are calling for a higher consumer contribution and for the government to uncap the basic daily fee,…

Health warning following death of older woman from tetanus

An urgent health warning has been issued today after an older woman died on April 1st after contracting tetanus. A…

Ryan Park sworn in as NSW Health Minister

A former PE teacher who has expressed support for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in public hospitals has been sworn in as…

ACCPA proposes new aged care working visa

Aged care providers have proposed the federal government establish a specific visa for skilled migrants to deliver 24/7 registered nurses…

BaptistCare kicks off largest aged care merger of 2023

Two of Australia's top not-for-profit care providers, BaptistCare NSW & ACT and Baptistcare WA, will merge to in efforts to…

‘Triple threat’: Virus alert as winter looms

Healthcare experts have flagged the aged care sector at severe risk this winter as flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)…

ACCPA asks for changes to funding system

Australia's aged care providers have asked to address workforce and worsening operating losses in the upcoming federal government's budget. Today,…

Aged care advocacy group chief resigns

The Aged Care Workforce Industry Council (ACWIC) has welcomed deputy chair Graeme Prior as its new leader after chair member…

Albo pledges $10b to fix housing crisis

The Albanese government will invest $10b in a housing future fund to open up social and affordable lodging to Australians.…

Australian-first aged care falls prevention trial

New assistive technologies to help predict and prevent falls among residents will be trialled in one Victorian aged care home.…

‘Our collective efforts have impact’: Indigenous rights advocate named Senior of the Year

Human rights and social justice advocate Professor Tom Calma has been named Australia's 2023 Senior of the Year. The ACT-based…

Perth aged care worker charged over alleged attacks on residents

A man has been charged with indecently assaulting three different women in two different Perth aged care homes. WA Police allege the first…

Southern Cross Care chief defends new care model

A controversial decision to move lifestyle and admin staff into carer roles has been defended by one of Australia's major…

AI funding to upgrade quality in aged sector

Australia's major scientific research organisation has granted researchers from Victoria University over a million dollars to speed up the use…

No third booster for residents amid fifth wave

Australians, including vulnerable groups, will not be asked to roll up their sleeves for a fifth Covid-19 vaccine just yet,…