The government needs to act on a number of workforce recommendations before the sector can improve employee attraction and retention, the workforce taskforce chair tells the royal commission.
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Inquiry moves its focus to workforce issues
Reconceptualising residential aged care from an institution to a home has inadvertently led to today’s less clinically skilled and oriented workforce, an expert tells the aged care royal commission.
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.
Colbeck calls for sector to positively promote aged care work
Providers need to showcase that aged care has “strong” career paths and is a positive industry to work in to attract and retain staff, the sector’s minister tells an industry conference.
Aged care stakeholders tell inquiry how to improve services
Recent submissions are calling for a shake-up of aged care for Stolen Generations, research into effective staff-to-resident ratios and a regulatory framework that better supports provider viability.
Researchers developing data tool to identify at-risk residents
A research institute at Macquarie University has secured $1.8 million to develop a digital dashboard to help aged care providers monitor quality indicators and improve the health and wellbeing of residents.
Resident takes on role as provider’s newsletter editor
Former journalist Reg Barlow is able to continue his lifelong love for writing while living in residential aged care.
Stakeholders tell inquiry how to improve aged care
Embedding pharmacists, tackling ageist practices, removing inequities and doing more to welcome pets in residential aged care are among recommendations in recent submissions to the royal commission.
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.
Resource supports CALD seniors to engage with inquiry
A new toolkit has been launched today to help culturally and linguistically diverse aged care recipients tell their stories in any language to the aged care royal commission.
Respite care viewed as ‘negative’, ‘risky’
Carers may not be accessing available respite services because of quality and safety concerns, the aged care royal commission has heard.
Inquiry showcases domestic aged care model
Fostering relationships between staff and residents is key to delivering an inclusive model of care, an aged care CEO tells the royal commission.
Malnutrition screening reported lacking in aged care
The system needs to focus on the individual and their nutritional needs because currently residents are malnourished and starving to death, the royal commission has heard.
