‘Older Australians deserve better’: Open letter to PM from aged care unions and providers

Aged care unions and providers have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for action to fix the aged care crisis, including immediately lifting staff wages and addressing staff and skills shortages. Unions, including the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), ACTU, Health Services Union (HSU), United Workers Union (UWU), Australian Workers […]

Aged care workers missing out on promised RAT tests forcing them to source their own

Nurses and carers in aged care are being forced to pay for their own rapid antigen tests (RATs) to work in the sector which is being devastated from COVID-19. The findings were made by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) who are currently conducting a national survey on the experiences of nurses, midwives, and […]

Aged care nurses in moral distress and burning out

As the Omicron wave spreads through private aged care facilities aged care nurses across the country are in moral distress and are burning out because of dangerously low staffing levels, a national survey has revealed. The survey, being conducted by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has so far found there was not enough […]