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The government has a new plan for residential aged care. Here’s …
2024年9月16日 · Nicole Sutton, University of Technology Sydney and Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney. After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced it will implement the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations.. The government already signalled back in March that it wouldn’t impose a new tax or aged care levy.. Last week's announcement focuses on how wealthier ...
‘Wage justice’: Big pay rise for aged care workers
2024年3月18日 · Aged care workers have secured a “historic” pay rise – some getting up to a 28.5 per cent increase – in what has been called a “life-changing” improvement for one of Australia’s most undervalued work forces. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered the major update on Friday following an anxious wait for consultation on the ...
Our research shows 4 in 10 Australians in aged care are …
2024年8月5日 · Jonathan Foo, Monash University and Marie-Claire O'Shea, Griffith University. In the next 40 years in Australia, it’s predicted the number of Australians aged 65 and over will more than double, while the number of people aged 85 and over will more than triple.. If you’re not really interested in aged care, you should be. Given these figures, you will almost certainly be engaging with aged ...
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2021年12月9日 · Aged care peaks confirm merger, new scorecord on royal commission progress. Conor Burke December 14, 2021. Aged care peak bodies ACSA and LASA have confirmed that they will merge and hope to provide a unified voice for the aged care sector. The two major peaks, as part of the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), recently announced ...
Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what …
Australia’s subsidised aged care services now help around 1.5 million older people to receive care and support. Taxpayers contributed A$28 billion to the various programs in 2022-23. And yet the system is governed by an act that was first passed in 1997. A lot has changed over the past two and a half decades – more people are living longer ...
Appropriate care levels at 50%, new study finds
2024年1月25日 · Aged care residents in Australia are receiving on average only half of the appropriate care and even less for other common conditions like depression, a new study has found. In world-first research, Macquarie University's Australian Institute of Health Innovation evaluated adherence to evidence-based care and clinical practice guidelines for ...
What do Older Aussies want from the new Aged Care Act?
2023年11月9日 · By: Arshmah Jamal in Aged Care Royal Commission, Top Stories November 9, 2023 0. Older Australians and those close to them want human rights to be the top priority in the upcoming Aged Care Act, according to a new submission. Thirteen organisations released the findings of their joint inquiry into the Foundation of the Aged Care Act based on ...
Aged care needs an upgrade – and technology is the answer
2023年11月9日 · By 2050, Australia will need an estimated 400,000 additional aged care and home care workers. There are many ongoing efforts to close the gap and bolster the aged care workforce. Normalised skilled migration levels, federal government initiatives such as A Life Changing A Life and improved pay – including the historic 15% pay rise that went ...
Most aged care homes are falling short of minimum care …
2024年7月1日 · These standards require a sector-wide average of 200 minutes of direct care per person per day (from registered and enrolled nurses and personal care workers). And 40 minutes of this care has to be delivered by a registered nurse. The minimum level each resident should receive varies above or below that 200 minutes depending on their assessed ...