The aged care sector wants the federal government to temporarily scrap a requirement for it to advertise locally before recruiting overseas workers.
The powerful nurses union has called on Anthony Albanese to commit to an aged care royal commission recommendation to have a registered nurse on site at all times.
Labor’s aged care spokeswoman Clare O’Neil says she is determined to make the aged care workforce crisis an election issue.
The federal government does not know how much of the $460 million it paid aged care providers to improve nutrition has been spent on meals.
On the first anniversary of the royal commission into aged care,its commissioner says not enough has been done to stop the suffering in a system in crisis.
A measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable. As a nation we are wealthy enough to ensure our elderly can live with dignity and proper care.
Forcing residents to pay full price for residential aged care that they are not receiving while they are on COVID-19 “emergency leave” is placing too much of a burden on senior Australians.
Lynelle Briggs says the federal government was warned of an impending staffing crisis in her report a year ago,as new polling shows most voters support ADF help.
The federal government is recruiting volunteers to fill staff shortages in aged care - a move attacked by Labor and unions as “miserly” and “a cop out”.
Living at work is expected from mineworkers and seafarers,but these aged care workers are also making huge personal sacrifices to keep elderly residents safe.
The operator of two aged care homes in regional NSW says she has no choice but to close their doors,forcing 40 residents to find new accommodation.