After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced its new plan for aged care. Here’s what it means for people in residential aged care and their families.

Home care is more attractive to both the private sector and not-for-profits: according to the taskforce report, “69% of residential aged care providers made an operating loss in 2021–22, an ...

Today, more than 200,000 Australians live or stay in residential aged care on any given day. There are around 2,672 such facilities in Australia.

July 1 this year will bring a fundamental change to residential aged care (formerly called “nursing homes”). The change will put the person receiving aged care in control by allocating the ...

The best of talks, forums, debates and festivals, casting light on major social, cultural, scientific and political issues. In 2021, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety released ...

Less than 3% of people with mental health conditions living in Australian residential aged care facilities accessed government-subsidised mental health services, a new analysis from Flinders ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Guides. Followed categories will be added to My News. Rosemary Seam has lived in residential aged care in regional NSW for five years. The 85-year-old said she ...