An aged care facility in Forster, on the NSW mid north coast has failed seven key performance benchmarks in an assessment done by The (ACSAA). ACSAA has responded by reducing the facilitys accreditation period by a year. The accreditation will now end in January 2012.
Direct care workers pay boosted by up to 28.5%, as indirect care workers get 6.8% increase: FWC
Personal care workers and assistants in nursing working in residential aged care facilities and home care workers this afternoon received long-awaited pay rises. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) awarded: Personal Care Workers (PCW): Extra 18.2% to...