Health

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler’s big change for residential aged care

The Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler announced during the week that pharmacists will be funded by the Government to go into residential aged care homes and deliver vaccines to residents for free, a measure that was previously only...

Caroline Egan

24 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: Hospital wait times are a dire sign of the future that awaits ageing Australia

The latest data shows hospital beds are at a premium – and older Australians are the most likely to miss out. Is there a solution? As we report in this issue, emergency wait times are at their longest in a decade while surgery wait times are at...

Lauren Broomham

23 Apr 2024

Ageing

Retirement Living operator Aveo’s Baby Boomers survey reveals they want to live independently with services available

Australia’s leading retirement living owner and operator has released the findings of its Ageing Australia Study, a survey of more than 1,000 Baby Boomers, now aged between 58 to 77. Its findings show the Boomers want to reinvent living to focus on...

Ian Horswill

09 Apr 2024

Aged Care

Australian Capital Territory is COVID-free for second consecutive week

In the week to 4 April 2024, the nation’s capital, the ACT, recorded no cases of COVID-19 in residential aged care for the second consecutive week. It was the first time a state or territory had recorded no COVID-19 cases in a week since August...

Caroline Egan

11 Apr 2024

Ageing

$2K for five-day Bali holiday with dementia care and support 24/7? It’s for real

Older people living with dementia, carers, or those who require disability support will now be able to travel to the resort island of Bali for five days - and receive all the care and support they require - for less than $2,000. Innovative dementi...

Caroline Egan

04 Apr 2024

Aged Care

Residential aged care COVID-19 deaths drop from 4% of total deaths to 1%

There were 15 residential aged care deaths from COVID-19 in the week to 28 March 2024 - however, the rate of deaths from COVID-19 is declining. For the nine-month period from 1 July 2023 to 23 March 2024, 1.6% of all deaths in residential aged care...

Caroline Egan

04 Apr 2024

Retirement and Community Living

Keyton to fund residents’ “positive outcomes” in unique initiative

Keyton CEO Nathan Cockerill (pictured) has backed up his words championing wellbeing in his villages with the announcement of a Resident Activity Program. Through the program, Keyton residents can apply for funding up to $1500 to create or pursue...

Ian Horswill

02 Apr 2024

Sector Moves & People

LEADERS SUMMIT 2024: 7 video highlights - Christopher Pyne, Cam Ansell, Prue Bowden, Tamar Krebs, Tom Symondson, Darren Gossling and Chris Baynes

Prue Bowden, Group Executive | Home Health, Australian Unity

Ian Horswill

02 Apr 2024

Sector Moves & People

LEADERS SUMMIT 2024 Video: Dementia care in the community with Group Homes Australia’s Executive Director Tamar Krebs

Twelve years ago, Group Homes Australia Founder and Executive Director Tamar Krebs, had been working in dementia care for about 15 years, when she had an epiphany. “It was in a hallway and I could hear the call bells and trolleys and smells and I...

Caroline Egan

28 Mar 2024

Opinion

Cam Ansell predicts private aged care in retirement villages is the growth service

About 11 years ago Cam Ansell jumped ship from advisory group Grant Thornton to establish his own advisory group, Ansell Strategic. Today he is at the forefront of the reshaping of retirement living and aged care, thanks to his in-demand mergers and...

Chris Baynes

26 Mar 2024

Opinion

Opinion: $3.3 billion price tag for aged care wage rise underlines need for Plan B

The Fair Work Commission’s decision last Friday to further increase wages for aged care workers is a positive step for the sector – but has again highlighted the growing costs facing the taxpayer and providers. As we reported earlier this week...

Lauren Broomham

21 Mar 2024

News & Headlines

Wesley Mission QLD and Amana Living to trial unique model of care for LGBTQ+ community

A best practice model of care for older members of the LGBTQ+ community is being developed in a collaboration between universities, peak bodies, aged care providers, and LGBTQ+ organisations, and will be trialled in 19 aged care homes before being...

Caroline Egan

21 Mar 2024

Topic - Aged Care

Federal Department of Health adds Aged Care to its name

The Federal Department of Health is now the Department of Health and Aged Care, as of 1 July. Following the Federal Election in May, the Governor-General issued an Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) to change the Department’s name in order to...

Ian Horswill

07 Jul 2022