Tag: 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 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 […]

Nurses in government-run aged care homes provide the most amount of care, study finds

Nurses in government-run aged care homes provide three times the amount of care to each resident per day than not-for-profit and for-profit facilities, a new study from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has revealed. The study, described as the most detailed profile on the quality of residential aged care facilities ever […]