A change in attitude towards older people is needed to improve care quality, not just additional resources, the aged care minister tells an industry conference.
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Poor access to aged care in regional areas doesn’t add up
There should be more aged care services in regional, rural and remote Australia purely because there is a greater proportion of older people in these areas, the royal commission has heard this week.
RC ‘committed to systemic reform’ of cruel, failing system
The aged care royal commissioners have rejected industry calls for a significant increase in government funding to aged care before the end of the inquiry due to the need for a major transformation.
‘Neglect’ – Royal Commission slams home care system
Home care has been identified as one of three areas requiring immediate action in the interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality Safety.
Peak backs star-ratings for aged care staffing levels
Sector peak ACSA has backed a star-rating approach to evaluating staffing levels like the one at the centre of a new report that found more than half of Australian aged care residents are in facilities with too few staff.
Royal Commission loses passionate champion for reform
Aged Care Royal Commissioner Richard Tracey has died after a short battle with cancer.
Bureaucrat faces grilling over people with disability in aged care
The government has faced a grilling about why it allows young people with disabilities to languish in aged care facilities.
RC hears about gaps in compliance processes
Gaps in audit documentation and a lack of transparency in accreditation and sanction procedures at a Victorian facility have been under the spotlight of the royal commission this week.
Regional carers hub faces closure as funds dry up
A community hub that’s been providing support and education for carers in regional Victoria is in danger of closing because of a lack of funds.
Royal Commissioners moved by carer’s account
The Aged Care Royal Commissioners have praised the “extraordinary” resilience of a witness who spoke about the challenges of being a carer.
Commission paper finds sector needs to be able to act more flexibly
The aged care royal commission has released a research paper highlighting the immediate and long-term pressures on the system ahead of next week’s public hearings in Sydney.
Concerns royal commission sees industry as complacent
The aged care royal commissioners already seem to be forming a view that the sector is complacent about change, and providers need to dispel that perception by being open and upfront, an industry conference has heard.
Royal commission invites first witnesses for February hearings
Provider and consumer peak bodies and people with a lived experience of aged care are among those invited to prepare statements for the first witness hearings at the aged care royal commission.
Aged care royal commission wants facts on young people with disability
Aged care providers have been asked what changes could be made to improve the relationship between the aged care system and disability services as part of the royal commission’s exploration of young people in residential care.
