Monday, 27 April 2026
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Editorial
Topic - Aged Care Topic - Editorial

Panel of aged care facility managers tells Commission they can’t get specialists to attend facilities – Commissioner Briggs weighs up whether they have “moral” obligation to visit

by The Weekly Source
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
“We are seeking your input into designing aged care services for our nation’s future” post image
Topic - Editorial In The Headlines

“We are seeking your input into designing aged care services for our nation’s future”

by The Weekly Source
Ingenia approved to increase Port Stephens land lease community to 440 homes just 16 months after opening​ post image
Topic - Editorial Government Policy

Ingenia approved to increase Port Stephens land lease community to 440 homes just 16 months after opening​

by The Weekly Source