Government Policy

Not For Profit Scalabrini will invest $750,000 in Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements in FY25 as 90 staff become permanent residents

Scalabrini CEO Richard de Haast and members of the board attended an afternoon tea earlier this month as the Not For Profit celebrated more than 70 of its staff becoming permanent residents of Australia, thanks to the Federal Government’s Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Home Care

Support at Home reforms must be staged: HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn’s ‘political wishlist’

The next Government must move swiftly to address growing concerns and move to a staged implementation of Support at Home reforms, says Andrew Thorburn, CEO of HammondCare.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Opinion

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: aged care on a collision course with care minutes

With just 12 months until care minutes are linked with funding, residential aged care providers are facing a lose-lose scenario: lose funding if they understaff but fail to be compensated if they exceed targets, says Shalain Singh, Managing Director and CEO of Arrow Advisory Group.

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Lauren Broomham

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Nearly 500 aged care homes have COVID-19 vaccination rates below 10%

Nearly one in five residential aged care homes have had fewer than 10% of their residents vaccinated against COVID-19 in the last 6 months, the recommended dosage for people over 75, according to data published by the Department as of 9 April 2025.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

What did Grant Corderoy tell LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 about aged care’s future? Presentation videos available online

Grant Corderoy, Senior Partner StewartBrown, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s capture of retirement living in planned liquidity ratio is a reflection of the merging of residential aged care and retirement living - “even though it’s not mentioned too much in the Aged Care Act it’s going to be a driver of what happens,“ he said.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Home Care

Another Victorian local council exits home care

West Wimmera Council has announced it will no longer deliver home care services due to the incoming Support at Home reforms, with Mayor Tim Meyer saying, “Council does not have the ability to comply with the new clinical and governance requirements.“

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells’ Brisbane 4BC radio interview turned to farce

“The theme of these questions is that the system’s impenetrable,“ said Aged Care Minister Anika Wells in an interview on 4BC radio with Peter Fegan about aged care.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Technology

Amplar Health signs $1M deal with Visionflex for aged care virtual nursing pilot

The Medibank-owned innovator Amplar Health has signed a deal with ASX-listed telehealth firm Visionflex to provide software and hardware for the virtual nursing trial being conducted across 30 Australian aged care homes, commencing in July 2025 with five sites.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Nationals leader promises fund with plan to tackle regional aged care workforce shortages

Nationals leader David Littleproud announced if the Coalition comes to power it will form a Regional Australia Future Fund targeting growing the regional aged care workforce, and promised funding for two aged care homes in his Maranoa electorate: $8M for a facility in Winton and $6M to expand a Barcaldine home.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Labor’s $60M promise for NT aged care is not new money for the sector

Last Friday, Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells promised $60 million to build a 120-bed aged care facility in Palmerston, 20km west of the Darwin city centre, with the funding delivered through the Aged Care Capital Assistance Program.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Community Living

SATURDAY is business: The cost of living is biting deep in retirement villages

In the Federal Election issue of SATURDAY, President of the Association of Residents of Queensland Retirement Villages, Judy Maynard, starkly revealed what is happening in villages she visits. “We have the situation in villages people are...

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Ian Horswill

15 Apr 2025

Government Policy

RLC want Cairns Regional Council to scrap village resident rate proposal despite “backdown”

The peak body for retirement villages wants Cairns Regional Council to walk away from its proposal to charge the minimum single dwelling rate for each unit in a retirement village, as opposed to charging the village as one dwelling, as has been the...

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Ian Horswill

15 Apr 2025

Home Care

City of Greater Geelong council pauses transferring home care services after widespread protest

A meeting to discuss with workers Geelong City Council’s proposal to exit home care services has been delayed until May following pressure from MPs Christine Couzens, Ella George, Alison Marchant and Gayle Tierney and the Australian Services Union Vic Tas.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025