Topic - Aged Care

Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae launches $21.5M nursing scholarship program

Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae announced the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners will deliver the Aged Care Nursing Scholarships Program, which has 1,050 scholarships available of up to a value of $30,000.

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Caroline Egan

20 hours ago

Government Policy

People dying waiting for home care, Inspector-General of Aged Care told

The Inspector-General of Aged Care Natalie Siegel-Brown has called on the Federal Government to release additional Home Care Packages before 1 November, stating her office has received “tragic instances of loved ones dying while waiting”” for a package.

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Caroline Egan

22 hours ago

Aged Care

Care minutes risk undermining Bupa’s virtual care success in aged care

Bupa Villages and Aged Care says its virtual care Wellness Hubs are driving better clinical outcomes, quicker response times and new career pathways for staff – but warns the model is unsustainable under current Government policy.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Aged Care

3,800 aged care qualifications cancelled by Federal VET regulator

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has cancelled the registration of 10 “critically non-compliant” providers since November 2024 as part of an ongoing campaign to weed out “non-genuine” or “bad faith” providers.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Aged Care

Amplar Health launches $31M virtual nursing trial in 30 aged care homes

The Medibank-owned virtual care specialists were awarded $31.2 million by the Federal Government in March to test a new framework to deliver virtual nursing in residential aged care.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Opinion

Plan T or bust: care costs are drowning Australia

The Productivity Commission delivered a blunt warning in its fifth and final interim report ‘Delivering quality care efficiently: care costs are going to swamp Government budgets. Plan T – Transformation – must be seized as the system’s lifesaver: cut through regulation, rebuild efficiency.

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Lauren Broomham

20 Aug 2025

Aged Care

36% of aged care homes increase RADs beyond $550K: Mirus

Aged care providers are taking up the opportunity to increase their Refundable Accommodation Deposit (RAD)s after the maximum amount was increased from $550,000 to $750,000 as of 1 January 2025.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Housing

Juniper drives 2,500km solution: modular homes for aged care staff in the Kimberley

A convoy of trucks rolled into Fitzroy Crossing on Sunday, 10 August, carrying long-awaited modular homes that will provide accommodation for staff at Juniper’s Guwardi Ngadu Residential Aged Care Home.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Government Policy

Providers left disappointed as aged care regulator holds firm on new fees

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) has quietly released draft registration and accreditation fees on its website, ahead of the new Aged Care Act coming into effect on 1 November 2025.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Living with Dementia

Only in SATURDAY: dementia care underfunded in AN-ACC, aged care providers warn

Aged care providers are warning they may be unable to continue delivering care for residents living with dementia unless urgent gaps in funding are addressed.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Development

Oryx opens $80M Melvista in Perth after decade-long journey, with RADs up to $2.2M

Perth-based aged care and retirement living operator Oryx Communities has officially opened The Melvista in Nedlands, located 7km west of Perth’s city centre, more than a decade after first securing the site.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Aged Care

Metro aged care providers race to comply with care minute targets as financial penalties loom

The percentage of aged care homes in metropolitan areas (MM1) achieving both their total and RN care minute targets leapt 14.8% in the third quarter of 2024-25, according to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s latest Sector Performance Report.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Development

VIC Govt unveils designs for $2.3M per bed public aged care home in Maffra

The new 30-bed aged care home, which will cost the Victorian Government $69.7 million to build in Maffra, 220km east of Melbourne, replaces a 30-bed home - no new aged care beds will be created with the investment.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025