Topic - Aged Care

A Current Affair returns to ‘aged care horrors’

Mar 26 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

Channel Nine’s A Current Affair is again putting the spotlight on aged care with a report on a Queensland aged care home featuring two anonymous nurses.

They say the facility is “gaming” its funding applications to get more funding from the Federal Government.

Watch it here.

Peak bodies outcry over Aged Care Taskforce silence: ‘no excuse for delay’

Catholic Health Australia, the peak body representing 350 Catholic Not For Profit aged care facilities, said there “is no excuse for delay” in the reform of aged care by adoption of the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations. “It’s been six months...

Ian Horswill

14 May 2024

Government Policy

“End this uncertainty”: aged care sector implores Govt to act on Taskforce recommendations

Aged care providers are expressing their disappointment in reports the Government will not unveil its responses to the Aged Care Taskforce’s recommendations in tomorrow’s Federal Budget. Last week, The Australian reported that aged care will not be...

Caroline Egan

13 May 2024

Aged Care

Unions and aged care providers’ peak body at odds over staggering Stage 3 wage rise

The peak body for aged care providers, Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), is reluctantly supporting the Government’s April 2024 proposal to phase in the Fair Work Commission (FWC)’s Stage 3 wage rise for aged care workers. “The...

Caroline Egan

14 May 2024

Opinion

Disappointment confirmed: Taskforce recommendations excluded from next Tuesday’s Budget

I wrote in March that the release of the recommendations was “all about shifting the ground and conversations”

Chris Baynes

09 May 2024

National Retirement Living Awards: Best Retirement Living Development 14 nominated

The Property Council’s National Retirement Living Conference 2024 on the Gold Coast on 26 to 28 June features a series of awards including the Best Retirement Living Development. The nominations are: Large Operator with 500 Independent Living...

Ian Horswill

14 May 2024

Awards

Ryman Healthcare win international award for White Paper published first in SATURDAY

The investment by Ryman Healthcare to create a White Paper on the power of retirement villages to deliver a continuum of care has achieved multiple wins, from the attention of the Minister through to an international advocacy award. The White Paper...

Ian Horswill

07 May 2024

Awards

St Vincent’s Care Services Kew aged care chefs shine against the world’s best

Australian chefs David Martin and Harry Shen, of St Vincent’s Care Services Kew a luxurious new aged care home 5km east of the Melbourne CBD, participated in the prestigious international cooking prize 2024 International Culinaire Salon in London...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024