Aged Care Advisory Council a litmus test for Government commitment to real reform
By LASA CEO Sean Rooney The final report of Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was a clarion…
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The 3 key attributes of the ACFI coordinator in an AN-ACC world
By: Andrew Farmer (pictured below), CEO, Mirus Australia In May this year, the Government announced the proposed timing for the…
Let’s end this nonsense: the mandatory vaccination in aged care is long overdue – as explained here
More than 75% of all 910 deaths from COVID-19 in Australia have been at aged care facilities. The abject horror…
Aged Care Year In Review 2020
January The year begins in a blaze with the bushfire crisis hitting aged care homes and retirement villages – we…
2021 promises to be even bigger than 2020 for aged care providers
If bushfires and a global pandemic weren’t enough to have providers gripping their seats, next year will. Thanks to COVID,…
Can you compare Government-run and ‘private’ aged care? State-run facilities can receive up to 50% more funding
Last week, the Royal Commission released research that showed Government-run facilities performed better on quality indicators than For Profits and…
Future aged care model: LDK sells 19 ACT care support homes in September (average age 82)
Aged care and retirement living operators should be investigating this model. Paul Browne’s innovative LDK Living (which stands for ‘love,…
Seven compelling arguments for reimagined aged care funding, by the Royal Commission’s favourite witness – Natasha Chadwick
Natasha Chadwick has the rungs on the innovation and enterprise board – the only Royal Commission witness across 20 months…
Envigor CEO Nick Loudon speaks up on Government contempt
Few sector leaders are standing up and speaking about the increasingly dire service challenges operators face and the disrespect Government…
Number of residential care services and homes to drop within three to four years: Benetas’ Sandra Hills OAM
Last week, our Editor Lauren Broomham spoke to the CEO of the Victorian-based aged care, home care and retirement living provider for The Daily…