aged care workforce

Vic budget boosts aged care

The Victorian Budget delivers a sweeping $3.9 billion boost to the state’s health system, expanding aged care, hospital upgrades, emergency…

Budget to deliver $3b aged‑care boost

A $3 billion Budget package will boost residential bed supply, expand Specialist Dementia Care units and increase capital support for…

Home-care co-payment for showering scrapped

Essential daily‑living supports will become free under Support at Home from October, following sustained pressure from advocates that argued older…

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…

Are robotic pets in dementia care ethical?

A University of Queensland study is examining how people with dementia, families and aged care staff navigate the ethical dilemmas…

Preparing for living, ageing and dying well

Advance Care Planning Australia (ACPA) are challenging the misconception that advance care planning is something to worry about only when…

Government’s $115m for aged care ‘hotspots’

The federal government will invest $115 million to fast‑track aged care beds in Adelaide, the Illawarra, Perth and the Hunter.…

Gov’t releases final aged care rules

The Albanese government has released the final version of its aged care rules, alongside updates to the sector's Star Rating…

$21.5m in scholarships for aged care workforce

Scholarships will allow recipients to progress their careers in aged care with formal qualifications, like a Cert III or Masters…

$30m to rural and regional aged care workforce

In a bid to bring more than 6,000 extra care workers to the bush, Labor has announced it will distribute…

Lighten the load with technology that saves money and retains staff – opinion

Finding and keeping the staff required to deliver the best of care for older Australians is no simple undertaking, as…

Reshaping nursing students’ view on aged care

A new project has been launched to provide training and support for nurse educators and facilitate clinical placements for second-and…

Govt launches new policy to attract more overseas staff

Aged care providers can now apply for simplified temporary visas to sponsor overseas direct care workers. The move, announced last…

Aged care staff can now bargain for higher pay

A new bill has passed this weekend that will allow workers, including aged care staff, to bargain for higher pay…

Aged care pay rise leaves ‘questions unanswered’

While the majority of the aged care industry has welcomed the interim decision to raise wages by 15 per cent,…

Jobs summit: TAFE, migration reforms to support aged care workforce

Improving access to TAFE training and boosting skilled migration to increase the supply of workers into the struggling health and…

Aged care one of Australia’s top 10 ‘in demand’ jobs

Aged care nurses and carers have been tipped as being in one of the most in-demand professions in Australia. The…

Providers call to ‘move fast’ on staff shortages ahead of Jobs summit

Making aged care an attractive place to work, boosting job security and utilising overseas recruitment were key issues flagged at…

Half of Australia’s aged care workforce plan to quit by 2026: report

Up to 139,000 aged care workers intend to leave the industry within the next three years according to a new…

Aged care staff shortages double in less than a year

Australia's aged care workforce is now facing an annual worker shortfall of up to 35,000 staff, a new report has…

View from the frontlines: how aged care staff feel about crisis talks

As news headlines and political debates about Australia's embattled aged care sector rage on, frontline staff have been entirely left…

2020 aged care workforce census data released, workforce getting bigger, younger

The findings of the Health Department's 2020 Aged Care Workforce Census have been released and they tell the tale of…