Home Care

Average wait time for Home Care Packages blows out to seven months

A medium priority customer waiting for a Level 4 package is waiting on average 13 months to receive the care they have been assessed as needing.

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Caroline Egan

22 hours ago

Opinion

Home care hellscape: why the wait list should be the new Minister’s first priority

On paper, Australia’s home care system is expanding. Another 107,000 Home Care Packages are set to be rolled out from 1 July. But for many older Australians, that help will come too late – if it comes at all. As we report in this issue, average...

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Lauren Broomham

23 hours ago

Aged Care

More than 500 aged care patients in Queensland hospital beds - how many nationally?

Queensland’s Health Minister, Tim Nicholls, has demanded the Federal Government invest more in building aged care beds in the state, saying of the 783 hospital patients waiting for an aged care bed: “This is a Commonwealth responsibility.“

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Caroline Egan

22 hours ago

Government Policy

Anne Ruston retains Shadow Health, Aged Care and Sport, takes on Disability and the NDIS

The South Australian Senator Anne Ruston has retained her Health, Aged Care and Sport portfolios in Sussan Ley’s new Shadow Cabinet, and has also taken on the additional responsibilities of Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Caroline Egan

29 May 2025

Technology

Silverchain and Talius pilot Australia’s first AI virtual assistant for home care

The Not For Profit national home care provider and the ASX-listed digital health technology firm are piloting a conversational AI virtual assistant for home care, the first time such a platform has been used in Australia.

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Caroline Egan

29 May 2025

News & Headlines

Clean up continues for aged care homes inundated after NSW deluge

The clean up from the floods on the NSW Mid North Coast continues, with support provided by hundreds of local staff often themselves personally impacted in efforts described by Whiddon CEO Chris Mamarelis as “the very best aged care represents”.

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Caroline Egan

29 May 2025

Home Care

“An Everest moment”: home care providers face near-impossible feat conquering Support at Home

Speaking to home care providers about the implementation of Support at Home in just over a month, a common theme emerged: providers can not properly inform customers while the final details of the changes have not been provided by the Government...

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Caroline Egan

22 May 2025

Government Policy

New Minister for Aged Care meets with Aged Care Transition Taskforce as sector seeks staggered reforms

It’s still within the Government’s powers to stage the aged care reforms, as the new Minister for Aged Care Sam Rae met with the Aged Care Transition Taskforce this week.

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Caroline Egan

22 May 2025

Government Policy

Govt awards ACIL Allen contract worth $4.5K per day to review innovation in aged care

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has awarded economics, policy and strategy firm ACIL Allen a $186,704 contract to review innovation in aged are, including if incentives are effective.

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Caroline Egan

22 May 2025

News & Headlines

Aged care erased: no mention of sector in Shadow Aged Care Minister interview

In an interview with the Shadow Minister for Aged Care Anne Ruston on the ABC’s Insiders program this week, aged care did not rate a mention, despite concerns about the historic reforms being rolled out in fewer than 30 working days.

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Caroline Egan

22 May 2025

Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: The rural aged care model rewriting the rules from the ground up

In the tiny WA town of Pingelly, locals aren’t waiting for aged care reform – they’re doing it themselves. And the results are quietly revolutionary.

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Lauren Broomham

22 May 2025

Technology

The future is here - harnessing AI to build workforce capability: 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT videos available online

With AI already incorporated into many off-the-shelf software products, aged care providers looking for a competitive advantage must develop their own tools or risk falling behind said Will Egan, CEO Ausmed at LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, where he spoke with Esther Monks, Industry Advisor Healthcare, Workday.

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Caroline Egan

22 May 2025

Government Policy

Govt awards $20M in new contracts as aged care assessment costs near $1.3B

The Federal Government announced an additional $53.2M in funding in the 2025-26 Budget to continue implementation of the Single Assessment System and support their transition to the new Aged Care Act. Now $20.2 million has been granted to 14 assessment organisations.

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Caroline Egan

22 May 2025