Royal commission into aged care quality and safety
March 2024
A Medicare-style levy would guarantee all Australians the right to aged care when we need it
Sarah Holland-Batt
The government-appointed taskforce has failed to mount a convincing argument why a modest financial contribution across a lifetime shouldn’t extend to aged care
February 2024
More than 1,000 cases of neglect reported each month in Australia’s aged care homes
Regulator worried about ‘concerning spike’ in neglect cases, which advocates say are the result of workforce shortages
June 2023
Labor opens door to more aged care self-funding as minister declares ‘baby boomers are coming’
Anika Wells sets up taskforce to solve ‘unanswered question’ of royal commission about how to pay for higher standards of care
May 2023
A market-based service: why Australia’s aged care homes fail residents with dementia
The royal commission found dementia care should be ‘core business’, but more than two years later, staff say compulsory training ‘is basically non-existent’
April 2023
Australian aged care providers warned against hiking fees for wealthy without proving it goes towards care
Aged care analyst warns of ‘alarming lack of transparency’ in how churches spend government grants
March 2023
Labor promised aged care reform. The clock is ticking for genuine change
Sarah Russell
Until the royal commission’s recommendations are acted on, the government is merely tinkering
June 2022
A five-point plan alone won’t undo decades of neglect for Australia’s aged care sector
Sarah Holland-Batt
‘Shocking’ rate of sexual abuse of aged care residents barely changed since royal commission
May 2022
Health workers’ union takes fight for kitchen staff in NSW aged care home to federal court
Case to test the limits of outsourcing in sector amid concern about food standards in some facilities
April 2022
Mum dedicated her life to protecting others. In Australia’s aged care system, she received no such sanctuary
My mother picked a particularly inhumane epoch in Australian politics to get sick. When it comes to aged care, something has to give
February 2022
Coalition ‘hiding negligence’ by refusing to release findings of 2021 study into care workforce, union says
Report was to examine needs of care and support workforce for aged, disability, veteran and mental health care
January 2022
‘My heart sank’: Covid returns to Newmarch House as aged care sector fears new crisis
Overworked staff experience burnout and ‘desperation’ during Omicron outbreak with concern system is facing unprecedented strain
May 2021
Labor backs ‘significant’ pay rise for aged care workers but no levy
Clare O’Neil described failures in nutrition and care of residents as a ‘human rights crisis’
Coalition’s $17.7bn aged care budget pledge ‘falls well short’ of what is needed, experts warn
Analysts say sum ‘is about half’ what is needed to address royal commission recommendations and generational reform
Aged care: federal budget promises $17.7bn to overhaul Australia’s scandal-plagued system
Greg Hunt says ‘once in a generation’ reform after royal commission will be funded through the budget rather than a new levy
April 2021
Grandad was a champion weightlifter in his youth. I hope his resilience rubs off on me
Ben O'Mara
We need to put nurses back in nursing homes
Omar Khorshid
March 2021
Liberal MPs say super guarantee rise could be used to pay for aged care
'Could it be scurvy?' It's a travesty so many Australian aged care patients are malnourished
Ranjana Srivastava
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