Aged Care
Time to reward aged care workers
December 2, 2020
Royal commission lawyers call for mandatory staffing ratios, significant wage increases and a greater role for registered nurses in aged care. Senior lawyers assisting the aged care royal commission say it is “high time” the dedication and commit-ment of aged care workers was properly rewarded. “The vast majority are women and the low pay they…
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Aged Care
Time to reward aged care workers
December 2, 2020
Royal commission lawyers call for mandatory staffing ratios, significant wage increases and a greater role…
Aged Care
Pandemic fight needs more staff
December 2, 2020
The Aged Care Royal Commission criticised the federal government’s lack of planning and leadership over…
Aged Care
Championing education for COVID-19
December 2, 2020
Nursing home “infection control champions” are on the frontline of the aged care sector’s response…
Aged Care
Nursing homes told to open books
December 2, 2020
Pressure is mounting on aged care providers to show how they spend taxpayer subsidies. Federal…
Aged Care
Victorian Labor to fund staffing ratios in nursing home...
November 26, 2020
Victoria may become the first state to both fund and mandate minimum staff-to-resident ratios in private…
Aged Care
Aged Care information on COVID-19
November 24, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking…
Aged Care
New modelling finds investing in childcare and aged car...
October 30, 2020
In the absence of an official analysis of the impact of the budget by gender…
Aged Care
Despite more than 30 major inquiries, governments still...
October 26, 2020
Australia’s aged care sector has been the subject of more than 30 major inquiries and…
Aged Care
Older Australians deserve more than the aged care royal...
October 12, 2020
Amid the ongoing disaster in Victorian aged-care homes, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality…