Aged Care
23% pay rise for aged care AINs
April 11, 2024
Years of campaigning by the ANMF NSW and other unions has delivered a 23 per cent increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers. The Fair Work Commission has ordered new pay increases for aged care workers in further recognition that this mostly female workforce has been historically undervalued. On 15 March, the…
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Aged Care
Asleep at the wheel
October 6, 2020
The Morrison government and its federal health department failed to prepare the aged care sector…
Aged Care
Minimum staffing levels top Labor’s agenda
October 6, 2020
Federal Labor has put aged care reform high on its agenda and issued an eight-point…
Aged Care
Vital COVID lessons ignored
October 6, 2020
A first responder nurse says the deaths of many nursing home residents could have been…
Aged Care
Government ‘had no plan’
October 6, 2020
The federal government would have been better prepared for COVID-19 outbreaks at Newmarch House and…
Aged Care
Staff cuts continue despite pandemic
October 2, 2020
Rather than employing more workers to cope with COVID-19, many nursing homes have cut staff…
Aged Care
Minister doesn’t want to know
October 2, 2020
ANMF federal secretary, Annie Butler, has called on the Morrison government to work with nursing…
Aged Care
Battling the ‘stigma’ of aged care
October 2, 2020
Aged care workers should be appreciated and recognised more for their commitment and care for…
Aged Care
Pandemic exposes weak clinical care
October 2, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of quality clinical care for elderly residents, says…
Aged Care
Lifestyle changes could reduce dementia cases
October 2, 2020
Excessive drinking and exposure to pollution are among the risk factors. A report by the…