The marked increase in aged care interest rates will likely affect how people choose to pay for their aged care accommodation.
The recent report into the aged care sector reads like a tale of two industries.
Ada Brown’s family,who were powerless to prevent her ordeal,say we must no longer overlook the sexual abuse of vulnerable older Australians.
The government identified initiatives that were likely to close that gap,such as migration and pay rises,but they amounted to only 6100 new workers.
The government has lost its bid to phase in the aged care pay rise over 12 months from July,so the treasurer says he will have to find room in the budget to deliver it by June 30.
Catholic Health Australia wants aged-care homes to be able to use industry-wide sponsorship to boost labour from Pacific countries to plug the nation’s workforce shortage.
The federal government also says its own workplace reforms improving gender equality and job security should not dictate the urgency of the highly anticipated pay rise.
Greg Hunt is on a mission to make Melbourne the new Boston or Cambridge,but in his first interview since leaving politics,he also draws attention to COVID deaths and calls for Liberal Party diversity.
When Annie the cavoodle walks down the hall at Lifeview Willow Wood she gets a rock star welcome from all her neighbours,who stop their mobility walkers for a cuddle and a pat.
More than 3800 Australians died with COVID-19 in aged-care facilities over the past 12 months,quadrupling the number of deaths during the first two years of the pandemic.
A Nollamara aged care worker was arrested by police on Tuesday and charged with indecent assault and sexual penetration without consent of three female residents aged 71,84 and 93.