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Apr 17 2023 Updated January 9, 2024

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Peak bodies outcry over Aged Care Taskforce silence: ‘no excuse for delay’

Catholic Health Australia, the peak body representing 350 Catholic Not For Profit aged care facilities, said there “is no excuse for delay” in the reform of aged care by adoption of the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. “It’s been six months...

Ian Horswill

14 May 2024

Government Policy

“End this uncertainty”: aged care sector implores Govt to act on Taskforce recommendations

Aged care providers are expressing their disappointment in reports the Government will not unveil its responses to the Aged Care Taskforce’s recommendations in tomorrow’s Federal Budget. Last week, The Australian reported that aged care will not be...

Caroline Egan

13 May 2024

Aged Care

Unions and aged care providers’ peak body at odds over staggering Stage 3 wage rise

The peak body for aged care providers, Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), is reluctantly supporting the Government’s April 2024 proposal to phase in the Fair Work Commission (FWC)’s Stage 3 wage rise for aged care workers. “The...

Caroline Egan

14 May 2024

Opinion

Disappointment confirmed: Taskforce recommendations excluded from next Tuesday’s Budget

I wrote in March that the release of the recommendations was “all about shifting the ground and conversations”

Chris Baynes

09 May 2024

Only in SATURDAY: Bed costs double in two years to $708K

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Caroline Egan

16 May 2024

Development

Helping Hand to upgrade Whyalla aged care homes with $17.2M Govt grant

South Australian aged care provider Helping Hand has upgraded two aged care homes in regional Whyalla, 400km north west of Adelaide, with the support of $17.2 million in Federal Government grants - Copperhouse Court and Yeltana. “With the support...

Caroline Egan

16 May 2024

Funding

Aged care sector is 5,300 beds short - what now?

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Caroline Egan

16 May 2024

Development

Uniting NSW.ACT gets approval for $99M redevelopment of Edinglassie Village, Penrith

The second stage of the redevelopment of the retirement village in Emu Plains, 58km west of Sydney’s CBD, will deliver 147 independent living apartments, with 43 apartments (29%) available as affordable housing for seniors primarily in the Nepean...

Ian Horswill

14 May 2024