Thursday, 25 December 2025

Ageing


Only 2,000 new Level 4 packages among 23,000 new Home Care Packages – StewartBrown says packages should be extended to Level 6 post image

Only 2,000 new Level 4 packages among 23,000 new Home Care Packages – StewartBrown says packages should be extended to Level 6

NSW Ageing and Disability Commission sees 64% rise in calls in 2019/20 – with bigger increase after COVID restrictions lifted post image

NSW Ageing and Disability Commission sees 64% rise in calls in 2019/20 – with bigger increase after COVID restrictions lifted

Adding insult to injury: VIC Government accidentally sends letter to ‘private’ aged care providers extending extra funding for staffing post image

Adding insult to injury: VIC Government accidentally sends letter to ‘private’ aged care providers extending extra funding for staffing

27% of Quality and Safety Commission’s 657 staff are contractors, Senate enquiry reveals – but still one staff member for every four homes post image

27% of Quality and Safety Commission’s 657 staff are contractors, Senate enquiry reveals – but still one staff member for every four homes

10,000 older Australians died on the home care waiting list in FY19/20 – nearly 16,000 waiting for Level 4 package post image

10,000 older Australians died on the home care waiting list in FY19/20 – nearly 16,000 waiting for Level 4 package

October 1 marks United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons – number of people aged over 60 to outnumber those under five post image

October 1 marks United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons – number of people aged over 60 to outnumber those under five

Gary Barnier’s February report says 50 aged care providers to walk away from the sector in 2020 – Government not set up to identify $5.3 billion RAD risk post image

Gary Barnier’s February report says 50 aged care providers to walk away from the sector in 2020 – Government not set up to identify $5.3 billion RAD risk

The Big 4 banks hold $9B exposure to the ‘$30B house of (RAD) cards’ – the problem for all operators post image

The Big 4 banks hold $9B exposure to the ‘$30B house of (RAD) cards’ – the problem for all operators

Is Paul Keating’s HECS-style loans the solution – or a death tax? post image

Is Paul Keating’s HECS-style loans the solution – or a death tax?

Ian Yates says it’s time for the Government to ‘cough up’ $6B a year now post image

Ian Yates says it’s time for the Government to ‘cough up’ $6B a year now

Royal Commission favours a new type of aged care accommodation – an opportunity for retirement village operators? post image

Royal Commission favours a new type of aged care accommodation – an opportunity for retirement village operators?

$30.2B in RADs held but just $5.3B in new aged care capital invested post image

$30.2B in RADs held but just $5.3B in new aged care capital invested