Monday, 15 June 2026

Aged Care

“Aged care should not be seen as a commodity”: Commissioners propose separating care and accommodation in first consultation paper on future design of the aged care system

Government provides just $87 million to tackle ‘bureaucratic spaghetti’ in MYEFO – what will be the impact on ‘care’?

Fed Govt provides just $87 million to tackle aged care red tape in MYEFO post image

Fed Govt provides just $87 million to tackle aged care red tape in MYEFO

ABC journalist Anne Connolly wins Humans Rights Awards for Four Corners aged care investigation post image

ABC journalist Anne Connolly wins Humans Rights Awards for Four Corners aged care investigation

US: More deaths now occur at home than in hospitals and aged care facilities post image

US: More deaths now occur at home than in hospitals and aged care facilities

“She doesn’t really trust him”: Canberra woman says GP in mother’s aged care facility only focuses on “reactive care”

Larger facilities best equipped to provide health care to aged care residents, Sydney emergency medicine director tells Commission – and there is scope for specialist aged care medical workforce

Commissioner Briggs raises idea of additional national agreement to set down responsibility for health services in residential care during panel with State health officials

Senior Counsel calls on Commonwealth, States and Territories and providers to join forces to fix failings in interface between aged care and health care – as Counsel Assisting “reconsiders” propositions

“We don’t have a clue”: Australia five to 10 years behind other countries on collecting data in residential care, geriatric medicine experts tell Commission

Provider-driven market has failed to deliver health care to residents, state health officials say – but funding, legislative and information sharing reform needed to incentivise change

Melbourne aged care resident spending one-and-a-half hours on bus to visit specialists