Technology

Exclusive: Anglicare slashes workforce turnover from 30% to 14% with Workday AI platform

Anglicare Sydney is reporting significant gains in recruitment, retention, and workforce efficiency across its aged care operations following the implementation of Workday’s Human Capital Management (HCM) platform.

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Lauren Broomham

20 hours ago

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

21 hours ago

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

Home Care

Why home care provider Silverchain is growing its acute care services: 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT video

In-home care is set to become the ”cornerstone” of Australia’s healthcare system, Tamra Bridges, East Coast Executive Director of Not For Profit home care provider Silverchain, told attendees at LEADERS SUMMIT 2025.

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Caroline Egan

15 May 2025

Government Policy

80 SA aged care patients moved to luxury hotel yet 263 clog hospital beds

The SA Health program placing hospital patients awaiting aged care beds into the inner-city Pullman Adelaide hotel has provided care for 80 older people since the Transition Care Service launched just over two months ago, with clinical services delivered by Medibank-owned Amplar Health Home Hospital.

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Caroline Egan

15 May 2025

Technology

BaptistCare transitions home care operations to AlayaCare software platform

Newly merged BaptistCare has transitioned its Victorian and Tasmanian home care teams across to the clinical and financial software of AlayaCare.

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Caroline Egan

15 May 2025

Technology

ASX-listed InteliCare signs $212K agreement with mecwacare to trial AI care platform

Intelicare has signed an agreement to trial its AI-driven platform at mecwacare’s 60-bed aged care home in Prahan, inner Melbourne. InteliCare CEO Daniel Pilbrow said they are “delighted” to be supporting mecwacare’s “digital transformation”.

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Caroline Egan

15 May 2025

Technology

Exclusive: The Pure Food Co launch new texture modified breakfast products for aged care

NZ-based texture-modified food provider The Pure Food Co has developed a range of breakfast foods especially for people with swallowing difficulties ahead of the implementation of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards on 1 July 2025.

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Caroline Egan

15 May 2025

Home Care

The Danish rehab model where patients monitor their own wellness at home: 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT

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Caroline Egan

07 May 2025

Technology

Why mecwacare invested $20M in its tech transformation: LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos available online

At the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, Anne McCormack, CEO of Victorian aged care provider mecwacare, and Sanmeet Bhatia, Vice President Public Sector and Health (Asia Pacific/Japan) with global tech consultants Cognizant, spoke about their journey to overhaul the aged care provider’s technology systems.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Consultants paid nearly $30K per day to operate My Aged Care

The Department of Health and Aged Care has awarded digital consultants Liquid Interactive a $2.9 million extension on its contract to “operate and enhance” My Aged Care, making the total contract worth $26.5 million.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Technology

Amplar Health signs $1M deal with Visionflex for aged care virtual nursing pilot

The Medibank-owned innovator Amplar Health has signed a deal with ASX-listed telehealth firm Visionflex to provide software and hardware for the virtual nursing trial being conducted across 30 Australian aged care homes, commencing in July 2025 with five sites.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Technology

AlayaCare partners with Simple Foods to help aged care providers meet incoming food and nutrition standard

Leading aged care software provider AlayaCare has announced a partnership with Simple Foods, with plans to integrate the safety management and meal ordering software into its Residential Platform, helping providers more easily meet the incoming Aged Care Act Standard 6 related to food and nutrition.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025