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‘Reclaim your health’: burnout tips for aged care nurses
Overworked, overstretched, and overstressed – it is no secret that aged-care nurses are burning out and quitting their jobs across…
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News
24/7 nurse mandate sees aged care homes close
Multiple aged-care facilities have been forced close due to workforce shortages in June and July, one month after a nationwide…
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Top Stories
Funding boost to pave the way for aged care nurses
The Australian College of Nursing has received a funding boost to help train and upskill more nurses to work in…
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Top Stories
HSU rally against aged care closure
Last Thursday, HSU aged care workers rallied to keep Newcastle's Wallsend Aged Care Facility open after fears the NSW government…
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Clinical Practice
Student nurses lead the way in aged care placements
The Australian Primary Heath Care Nurses Association (APNA) has stationed its first 76 student nurses in aged care homes to…
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Industry & Reform
Aged care workers receive a pay increase
More than 250,000 aged care workers in Australia are set to receive a 15 per cent wage increase after the…
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News
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…
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Podcasts
‘Few homes’ can achieve key staffing requirements
A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all…
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Industry & Reform
Frail lives matter: opinion
Open letter to Tom Symondson, chief of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA). Come on, Tom, when will…
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News
Curtin Heritage first to secure fast-tracked entry overseas staff
A leading aged care provider in Western Australia has become the first to sign the labour agreement to fast-track the…
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