Saturday, 24 January 2026

Aged Care

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

Aged care building and refurbishment a $4.9B a year business post image

Aged care building and refurbishment a $4.9B a year business