It’s back: Welcome to season 2 of Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
It’s back: Welcome to season 2 of Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
Opinion- Aged care: a depreciated sector
Although the current Australian government has made an effort to improve the quality of care in aged care, it seems that the depreciated sector has not yet settled. In 2018, the Australian Federal government introduced a Royal Commission into aged care, following reports regarding elder neglect and poor aged care condition at the time (Royal Commission […]
Aged care workers call for urgent reform of understaffed sector
Aged care workers call for urgent reform of understaffed sector
‘It is at the heart of quality of life’: Maggie Beer Foundation calls for improved food and nutrition in aged care
‘It is at the heart of quality of life’: Maggie Beer Foundation calls for improved food and nutrition in aged care
‘No more excuses’: Takeaways from the Aged Care Royal Commission’s Final Report
There must be no more excuses and no more delays. Aged care reform must begin immediately. That is the resounding view shared by numerous advocacy groups following yesterday’s release of the final report of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Royal Commission. After more than two years of Inquiry, which included over 10,000 submissions and […]
ANMF calls on Morrison Government to act on safe staffing laws
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has called on the Morrison Government to take immediate action on safe staffing laws in aged care following today’s release of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report, which found staffing levels in the sector are too low and that staff ratios should be […]
Aged Care Royal Commission Final Report released by federal government
Aged Care Royal Commission Final Report released by federal government
Aged care nurses call for urgent reform
With the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety delivering its final report to the Federal Government today, aged care nurses and carers are speaking up about the systemic issues plaguing the sector and need for urgent reform. Activist group GetUp, who is lobbying for aged care reform, says more than 500 people have […]
Aged care workers call for action on ratios as Royal Commission Final Report looms
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) members working in aged care have shared their experiences grappling with longstanding issues plaguing the sector, headed by chronic understaffing, to help highlight the need for urgent reform ahead of the release of the Aged Care Royal Commission’s final report tomorrow. The ANMF has been calling on the Federal […]
Less than a quarter of aged care residents’ needs always met, study finds
Less than a quarter of aged care residents feel their care needs are always met, new research from the Aged Care Royal Commission has revealed. Undertaken by the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University, the study, Australia’s aged care system: the quality of care experience and community expectations, underlines the need for comprehensive aged care […]