In Australia ... services in Australia, you have the right to an aged care advocate. Credit: Getty Images/Yoshiyoshi Hirokawa According to Professor Joseph Ibrahim, a geriatrician and Head of the ...

Government-subsidised mental health services are underused in Australian residential aged care facilities by Monica Cations, Luke Collier, Gillian Caughey, Jonathan Bartholomaeus, Catherine Lang ...

Australia’s largest not-for-profit group of health and aged-care services, Catholic Health Australia, said its members were facing pressure as a result of the ongoing shortfall in the number of ...

Catholic Health Australia – which represents about 15 ... arrangements for private health insurance were out of touch with care models in the ­public system which now allowed numerous ...

Indeed, between 2012 and 2017, less than 3 per cent of Australian aged care residents with a mental health condition accessed Medicare-funded mental health services, including GPs, psychiatrists ...

Australia can expect a future rise in spending for health and aged care services, particularly for the elderly, due to the country's highly aging society, says Health Minister Mark Butler.

“My health ... care stays in residential aged care to get a feel for a place, use the fee estimator on the My Aged Care website, and connect with an aged care specialist officer through Services ...

In February and March, the commission handed down noncompliance decisions for about 45 aged care services, including residential facilities and home programs, around Australia. St Jude’s Health ...

Australia's aged ... 1.3 million people accessing aged care services. The report recommends an increase in wages to at least match those in disability and health, meaning at least a 25 to 30 ...