Sunday, 1 February 2026

Topic - Aged Care

Wait times for Level 4 Home Care Package now at 28 months with 100,000 still waiting – Ian Yates predicts Royal Commission to scrap four levels in favour of individual packages post image

Wait times for Level 4 Home Care Package now at 28 months with 100,000 still waiting – Ian Yates predicts Royal Commission to scrap four levels in favour of individual packages

Banking Royal Commission recommendations mostly abandoned or delayed post image

Banking Royal Commission recommendations mostly abandoned or delayed

Western Australia introduces new aged care planning policy – to fast-track 2,000 new beds post image

Western Australia introduces new aged care planning policy – to fast-track 2,000 new beds

Aged care regulator to triple on-site audits in 2021 post image

Aged care regulator to triple on-site audits in 2021

PresCare put its hospitality business into liquidation – but aged care homes still on the market post image

PresCare put its hospitality business into liquidation – but aged care homes still on the market

Australian officials seeking information from Pfizer/Norwegian experts after aged care residents die following coronavirus jab post image

Australian officials seeking information from Pfizer/Norwegian experts after aged care residents die following coronavirus jab

2,300 facilities tested during aged care COVID outbreaks – no active cases since October post image

2,300 facilities tested during aged care COVID outbreaks – no active cases since October

Israel vaccinates all of its aged care residents against COVID – as cases in UK aged care homes triple post image

Israel vaccinates all of its aged care residents against COVID – as cases in UK aged care homes triple

Royal Commission research finds 40% of aged care residents experience abuse and neglect – from sample of 400 residents post image

Royal Commission research finds 40% of aged care residents experience abuse and neglect – from sample of 400 residents

Aged Care Royal Commission hit by cybersecurity incident post image

Aged Care Royal Commission hit by cybersecurity incident

Heritage Care co-owner lists Melbourne mansion and leaves for Greece post image

Heritage Care co-owner lists Melbourne mansion and leaves for Greece

Grieving residents and families, traumatised staff and a lack of ‘command and control’: independent review of COVID-19 outbreaks at St Basil’s and Epping Gardens delivers lessons for providers post image

Grieving residents and families, traumatised staff and a lack of ‘command and control’: independent review of COVID-19 outbreaks at St Basil’s and Epping Gardens delivers lessons for providers