Aged Care

Aged Care Transition Taskforce addresses “criticality” in timing of release of new rules

The Aged Care Transition Taskforce met for the third time on 20 January, discussing the timing for the release of the Aged Care Rules, the sector’s ‘digital readiness’, and consultation on the Rules.

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Opinion

Ahead of the Federal Election, The SOURCE asks mecwacare CEO Anne McCormack for her aged care wishlist

With politicians on the campaign trail, The Weekly SOURCE is asking CEOs across the sector what they would like to see our Federal politicians prioritising for aged care.

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NSW Coroner makes no recommendations against Anglicare Sydney after inquest into Newmarch House COVID-19 resident deaths

Anglicare CEO Simon Miller again expressed his apologies to the families and friends of the 19 residents who died at the aged care home in Kingswood, Penrith, 52km west of Sydney’s CBD, in what was then the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in Australi...

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Ian Horswill

Saturday

Part 2 of our Innovators series in first SATURDAY magazine of 2025

In our first edition of SATURDAY for 2025, we profile Group Homes Australia, Silverchain, and Home Instead, and others.

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Lauren Broomham

Legal Issues

75-year-old former nurse charged with alleged murder of roommate, 88, at WA aged care home

Suzanne Margaret Lupica, 75, a former nurse, has been charged with allegedly murdering Lilian Catherine Donnelly, 88, who was living with dementia. The pair had only been sharing a room for four days when the alleged murder took place about 4.20am...

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Fed Govt to cover part of increased leave entitlements in aged care worker pay rises

The Federal Government has opened a grant opportunity for aged care providers to cover higher long service leave, annual leave, and personal leave entitlements reflecting Stage 3 of the Fair Work Commission’s aged care work value wage rise, which came into effect on 1 January 2025.

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Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT can take 15 of 22 residents as NSW Govt closes Corowa Nursing Home

Murrumbidgee Local Health District has decided to close Corowa Hospital Nursing Home, on the New South Wales border with Victoria, and the home’s 22 residents will move to Not For Profit Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT’s Karinya aged care home, located less that a kilometre away.

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Good news for aged care providers: Butler streamlines process to employ overseas Registered Nurses

From March 2025, nurses with relevant qualifications and experience from ‘comparable countries’, will no longer have to sit additional exams or upgrade their qualifications to gain registration to work in Australia, said Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler.

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Sector Moves & People

The late Paul Johnson, former COO BallyCara, posthumously awarded Medal of the Order of Australia

Paul Johnson, who drove significant growth at Not For Profit aged care provider BallyCara in the decade he spent with the group, has posthumously been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to ‘aged welfare’.

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Only 583 overseas workers granted visas under Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements

There have been 2,649 visas issued under the Albanese Government’s Aged Aged Care Labour Agreements (ACILs), which were introduced in 2023 to help aged care providers recruit more qualified migrant workers into Australia’s aged care sector. Of those...

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Opinion

Is aged care ‘fixed’? The PM says yes – the numbers say no. We need 4%

New year, same old problem: where will the country find the capital to incentivise development of new beds – before the next wave of Baby Boomers hits? As we report in this issue, the latest StewartBrown Aged Care Performance Survey Analysis...

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Lauren Broomham

23 Jan 2025

Aged Care

Aged care operator Superior Care to refuse new residents with specialised dementia needs

The family-owned operator, which operates aged care homes in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, has revealed it will no longer accept residents living with dementia who have special care needs.

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