Friday, 19 June 2026
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Aged Care
Topic - Aged Care Ageing

Only one resident out of 1,200 with an ACFI claim for palliative care: in-house palliative care nurse practitioner says providers can’t provide similar service without funding and regulatory reform

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Ageing

Red tape preventing aged care and home care recipients from accessing restorative care, rehabilitation medicine expert argues – and funding for rehabilitation should be tied to residents

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Aged care facilities transferring residents to hospital to protect themselves from litigation, Sydney paramedic tells Commission – Commissioner Briggs raises idea of whistleblowing system for health staff to report substandard care

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Former Department of Health staffer says mother who had dementia suffered from unnecessary hospital transfers – Counsel Assisting questions if hospital-like services should be provided in residential care

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Ageing

Hospital systems in Australia don’t collect data to identify aged care residents, geriatric emergency medicine panel tells Commission – and live link to MyAgedCare data is the solution

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Senior Counsel questions if aged care facilities should be measured on number of ambulance call outs a year during sub-acute care services panel

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

“We were appalled”: Victorian woman says aged care facility didn’t call ambulance for father reporting chest pains for four days

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Dubbo woman blames poor communication between facility, hospital and GP for mother’s life-threatening pressure wound

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Adding requirements for aged care providers to provide health care could over-burden facilities, panel of GP and nurse practitioner outreach providers tells Commission – as Commissioner Briggs says providers must upskill digital record systems

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Senior Counsel says hearings will test idea that aged care providers should be responsible for residents’ health care

by The Weekly Source
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Panel of GP representatives argue ‘performance payments’ for GPs wouldn’t work in residential care – Commissioner Briggs labels lack of specialists in aged care a “shocking state of affairs”

by The Weekly Source
Number of home care operators greater than the number of residential aged care providers for first time – by 6%. ACAT numbers down 19% post image
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Number of home care operators greater than the number of residential aged care providers for first time – by 6%. ACAT numbers down 19%

by The Weekly Source