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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UNION WIN: Fit testing at aged care facilities
October 18, 2022
Following a concerted effort from the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association’s (NSWNMA) Work Health &…
Aged Care
“Crimes, trickery” of French aged care company expo...
October 7, 2022
A French court has ruled in favour of unions and overturned worker representative elections held…
Aged Care
The set and forget of medication in aged care
September 16, 2022
Up to 250,000 hospital admissions each year in Australia are linked to problems with medications.…
Aged Care
Overseas recruitment won’t solve Australia’s aged c...
September 13, 2022
There is a need to address the massive staff shortages in aged care. Estimates suggest…
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Could ‘virtual nurses’ be the answer to aged care s...
August 17, 2022
Former Health Department Chief Martin Bowles has reportedly proposed “virtual nurses” could help address the…
Aged Care
Albanese government supports case for aged care pay ris...
August 9, 2022
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Federal Government’s Submission supporting a pay…
Aged Care
Private profit at root of global aged care crisis: PSI
August 4, 2022
The disaster wreaked upon aged care by COVID-19 is a consequence of policies that have…
Aged Care
No accountability in Australia’s aged care system
August 4, 2022
The PSI reports found Australia has a “systemic” aged care crisis where private provision and…
Aged Care
Struggling to plug the workforce gaps
August 4, 2022
COVID is taking an appalling toll on nursing home residents and slashing workforce numbers to…