The Department of Health and Aged Care is launching a telehealth service for aged care residents as part of reform actions in the aged care sector. It recently issued a tender request for a supplier ...

Australia’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into Aged Care Quality and Safety released a three-volume interim report, “Neglect,” on October 31, 2019.

As Australia’s ambitious housing targets slip further out of reach, Pakenham-based modular builder Grove has made a decisive ...

The Australian government is investing A$312.6 million (around $200 million) over four years to improve the ICT systems in the aged care sector. It is part of the A$3.9 billion ($2.5 billion) ...

Australia's Labor government on Thursday said it would set aside A$11.3 billion ($7.5 billion) in next week's federal budget to fund a 15% pay rise for retirement home staff as the sector grapples ...

Rural aged care has many financial challenges Aged care homes in small rural towns and remote communities have long suffered high operating losses, averaging A$2,200 per resident a year in 2018–19.

A Human Rights Watch review of non-compliance reports for aged care facilities across Australia from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, found use of chemical restraints in more than 150 aged care ...

Australian aged care workers will wait another 18 months for a 15 percent increase in minimum award rates, after Labor called for the pay rise to be “phased in.” ...

SOUTH AUSTRALIA One of South Australia’s largest aged care providers had some of the lowest ranked facilities in the state for safety, according to their own residents. In a survey, Estia Health ...