Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Government Policy

Minimum staffing levels must include RNs plus PCAs – and incentivise NFP providers over For Profits – professor behind US nursing home ratings system tells Commission post image

Minimum staffing levels must include RNs plus PCAs – and incentivise NFP providers over For Profits – professor behind US nursing home ratings system tells Commission

Better pay and conditions for aged care staff should be part of accreditation process and service agreements, NZ aged care work expert says post image

Better pay and conditions for aged care staff should be part of accreditation process and service agreements, NZ aged care work expert says

24/7 RNs, mandatory minimum staffing levels, ratios and allied health, a register and Code of Conduct for care workers: Senior Counsel proposes 10 recommendations for reforms of residential aged care workforce reforms post image

24/7 RNs, mandatory minimum staffing levels, ratios and allied health, a register and Code of Conduct for care workers: Senior Counsel proposes 10 recommendations for reforms of residential aged care workforce reforms

Senior Counsel proposes 10 recommendations for reforms of residential aged care workforce reforms post image

Senior Counsel proposes 10 recommendations for reforms of residential aged care workforce reforms

Anthony Albanese pledges support for Royal Commission recommendations – but election two years away post image

Anthony Albanese pledges support for Royal Commission recommendations – but election two years away

What could Australia’s aged care system look like in 10 years under the Royal Commission’s proposed model? post image

What could Australia’s aged care system look like in 10 years under the Royal Commission’s proposed model?

Big union lobbying campaign for Medicare style levy to fund aged care post image

Big union lobbying campaign for Medicare style levy to fund aged care

Glen Brown’s Reside Communities gets nod for $100M 200-unit vertical retirement village at Brisbane golf club – 97% of submissions in favour post image

Glen Brown’s Reside Communities gets nod for $100M 200-unit vertical retirement village at Brisbane golf club – 97% of submissions in favour

Government ‘kicks the bucket’ for $120K to find buyer for Murchison aged care home – after $400K injection in 2019 post image

Government ‘kicks the bucket’ for $120K to find buyer for Murchison aged care home – after $400K injection in 2019

Government opens applications for national trial of PainChek app – 15% RAC penetration rate post image

Government opens applications for national trial of PainChek app – 15% RAC penetration rate

Brightwater Care Group gets tick of approval for $40M aged care facility and head office in inner-city Perth post image

Brightwater Care Group gets tick of approval for $40M aged care facility and head office in inner-city Perth

Peaks and providers reject 1.7% figure for aged care and home care submissions on the Royal Commission’s Consultation Paper – and who else made submissions? post image

Peaks and providers reject 1.7% figure for aged care and home care submissions on the Royal Commission’s Consultation Paper – and who else made submissions?