Opinion
HELF: the aged care fee was always going to explode
Providers have been told to stop cross-subsidising care. This week’s backlash shows what happens when policy lands without explanation. This week’s Higher Everyday Living Fee (HELF) blow-up was entirely predictable. At StewartBrown’s Finance Forum last October, Pride Living’s James Saunders walked the audience through the Higher
‘Village locked’ residents challenge future of Independent Living
Retirement villages were built on a simple premise, independent living. How times have changed with residents now becoming “village locked”. Not because they want to leave. Quite the opposite. They want to stay and be supported longer in their retirement village home. Consider the data. According to the PwC Retirement
Aged care grants: lifesaver or political theatre?
The Federal Government’s latest $115 million aged care capital grants program looks like a good news story. But scratch the surface and a bigger question emerges: is this money actually solving the problem – or simply delaying it? As The Weekly SOURCE reported last week, the funding will be delivered
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ASQA ramps up crackdown on care training providers
ASQA cancelled Kingsway’s registration on 9 July and says the investigation identified “potential safety risks” – including to some of the most vulnerable members of the community – requiring “urgent action”.
Illawarra aged care home evacuated due to fire
“There was a fire in a ceiling that was contained by the sprinkler system.”
From co-contributions to continuum: Tom Symondson on where aged care reform must go next
Aged care’s next test won’t be passing legislation – it will be tracking what actually happens when the new rules collide with real lives. Tom Symondson, CEO of peak body Ageing Australia, says the design intent behind Support at Home is...
