Efforts to increase direct care staffing levels in aged care homes are working but a new study raises a critical question: Is this enough to improve quality of care for older people? Led by Flinders ...

Hal Swerissen is the Deputy Chair of the Bendigo Kangan Institute. In a country like Australia, we all expect that when we get old, we’ll be able to rely on a robust aged care system. But aged care ...

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has made her view clear: wealthy retirees should pay more for their own aged care. A task force chaired by Ms Wells declared it was not "optimal" or "fair" that ...

In short: A taskforce has rejected the idea of increasing taxes to fund the aged care sector. It said asking a shrinking working-age population to fund these services would create intergenerational ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety begins hearings on residential aged care facilities, or nursing homes, in Sydney today. In the 2017-18 financial year, more than 1.2 million ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Following the biggest reforms in 30 years, aged care – and who pays for it – will be redefined in “once in a generation” changes to take ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When it comes to aged care, the decisions you make – where to live, how to fund care, and what to do with the family home – can have ...