Community not for profit aged care provider, Abbeyfield Australia is in the planning stages of a 25-bedroom independent retiree unit and aged care complex in Timboon. Timboon Abbeyfield action group chairman, Peter Pope said he hoped the complex could be completed by 2013. Abbeyfield Australia is a national not-for-profit community housing provider representing 26 independent Abbeyfield Societies across Australia.
Direct care workers pay boosted by up to 28.5%, as indirect care workers get 6.8% increase: FWC
Personal care workers and assistants in nursing working in residential aged care facilities and home care workers this afternoon received long-awaited pay rises. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) awarded: Personal Care Workers (PCW): Extra 18.2% to...