Given Mitch Fifield’s latest call for a swifter move to consumer-led markets, which comes amidst the major changes to home and community care, there is an opportunity to seriously address the shortage in respite provision, writes Chris Gration.

Six months after the Quality Agency assumed responsibility for quality in community care and some in the sector are still seeking proof it won’t simply impose a residential-based framework, while the agency says it acknowledges community care is different.

Leading South Australian aged care provider Helping Hand has been invited to advise Japanese educators on strengthening Japan’s training system as demand for new care workers booms.

Smart homes that monitor a person’s activities of daily living should become a standard feature of government-subsidised home care services, according to the CSIRO and a multitude of stakeholders.

With the government confirming work is underway on a new aged care workforce strategy, workforce is shaping up to a be a key area of action in 2015, but an expert has warned that community aged care is the sleeper ...

Existing providers of home support services will be funded for two years as part of the transition to the new Commonwealth Home Support Program from 1 July, the Abbott Government announced on Thursday.