SATURDAY Issue 79

Speaking the same language: Rising trend of frontline workers as tech implementers

Technical know-how is now no longer always enough when rolling out new digital systems, with aged care providers increasingly choosing implementation experts with experience as frontline workers to drive their projects. Rohan Davey worked in the...

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Opinion: Home Care is not the panacea for the aged care beds crisis

The number of new aged care beds is about to head backwards while operators wait for the Government’s response to the Aged Care Taskforce to start building – will home care save the day? Not likely. Successive Governments have kicked the can...

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“It’s the system that’s the blocker”: 2,000 RAC customers trapped in hospital

With next to no aged care beds being built, will the number of Mums and Dads in hospital beds double, treble or more? Across the country, hospitals are struggling to get people whose acute issues have been managed out the door and into an aged care...

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Aged care beds lying empty: the GP crisis facing the sector

Even in metropolitan areas, aged care facilities are struggling to find GPs to deliver continuity of care to their residents – could a multidisciplinary approach to delivering health services in residential aged care be the answer? With just one...

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Virtual care: the right care at the right time

This is the new aged care reality: Augmented Reality (AR) Smart Glasses that are cutting costs and improving health outcomes. Uniting NSW. ACT is rolling out the new technology which could prove to be a game changer for the delivery of health care in...

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Aged care and hospitals “cannibalising each other” for staff. It’s time to share.

Disability providers are losing workers to aged care; aged care is losing to the hospital system: is there a better way? With widespread workforce shortages across the health and aged care sector, the potential for shared resourcing and a more...

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17 homes and counting: the hunt for an aged care bed for dad

Many of the older Australians sitting in hospital beds around the country are being turned away by aged care providers – read this story and you will understand why. An expert in navigating aged care systems, Monique Pockran resorted to calling...

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Multidisciplinary teams: the future for aged care and health care?

Is it time to accept that Australia will not have the GPs required to meet the demands of the ageing population – and look to a multidisciplinary approach? Research shows that patients with the same care team have better health outcomes – but...

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Executive Spotlight

Over 2,000 operators provide retirement living, support and care to 1.3 million Australians. 360,000 staff and 100,000 suppliers are engaged every day. It’s a $30 billion a year sector delivering vital services for our older citizens. At SATURDAY...

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Lauren Broomham

04 Jul 2024