Australian-first trial of CCTV in aged care facilities to begin in SA
The Federal Government will invest $500,000 in a 12-month trial of the surveillance and monitoring system, which will run across…
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New $18 million aged care facility planned for Innisfail (QLD)
Community-based organisation Warrina Innisfail – located in tropical far north QLD, 87 kilometres south of Cairns – is developing the new…
Catholic Healthcare to construct $27 million aged care development in south-west Sydney
The not-for-profit provider – which has 41 residential aged care homes, eight retirement villages and provides home care services across…
Blacktown Workers Sports Club has plans for seniors housing and aged care development rejected
As we reported here in September 2016, the western Sydney-based Club announced plans to develop the village, which would accommodate…
Consumer Experience Reports to be made available for home and community care
The reports will extend to home and community care services from July 2019 (having previously only been available for residential…
Aged care workers aren’t meeting flu vaccination recommendations
A 2018 Australian Aged Care Quality Agency-led national review into infectious disease management practices and vaccination rates in aged care…
Benhome to become part of Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI)
The Maitland Benevolent Society (MBS) has announced the sale of Benhome residential and home care services to the not-for-profit provider…
111-bed aged care facility planned for south Sydney gets funding boost
The new three-storey Georges Estate Health and Aged Care facility will be constructed in Penshurst – 30 minutes south of…
Signature Care to build new $30 million facility in Goulburn (NSW)
An official site for the 144-bed facility has not been finalised, however the development will be placed somewhere in the…
National Aged Care Alliance (NACA) pushes for urgent aged care sector reform in new election campaign
The coalition of 52 national aged care organisations – including consumer groups, providers, unions and health professionals – has launched…