The Federal Department of Health and Ageing has provided a $587,000 grant to the University and IRT to develop an innovative program of seminars, lectures and workshops presented by aged care clients and staff, as well as university teachers and researchers. The objective is to provide pathways for the young and not so young into aged care employment and provide holistic care.
Our big idea: co-located retirement villages can solve hospital ‘bed occupancy’ in 16 weeks
Across Australia 2,000 hospital beds now hold 2,000 older Australians getting sicker, waiting for an aged care bed. The cost: $1,500 to $2,000 per day. Could co-located retirement villages offer a solution?