Topic - Aged Care

A Current Affair returns to ‘aged care horrors’

Mar 26 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

Channel Nine’s A Current Affair is again putting the spotlight on aged care with a report on a Queensland aged care home featuring two anonymous nurses.

They say the facility is “gaming” its funding applications to get more funding from the Federal Government.

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BaptistCare, Baptcare and Baptist Care SA set to become Australia’s third-largest, integrated care and services provider

Almost 18 months after BaptistCare NSW/ACT and Baptistcare WA merged, the Boards and executives of BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA), Baptcare (VIC, SA, TAS), and Baptist Care SA today announced they will merge to form a billion-dollar aged care and...

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Lauren Broomham

14 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister announces financial support for providers to help with reforms

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has announced Government support for aged care providers to help them implement the once-in-a-generation reforms that are due to take effect in less than eight months’ time. In Senate Inquiry hearings and submissions...

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Caroline Egan

17 Nov 2024

Government Policy

Aged Care Bill 2024 passes Senate with bipartisan support after amendments

In a historic moment for the aged care sector and older Australians, the Aged Care Bill 2024 has been approved in the Senate. “We congratulate our elected politicians for putting older Australians and the future of aged care above party politics...

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Caroline Egan

21 Nov 2024

Government Policy

The 10 amendments the Opposition wants to make to the Aged Care Bill 2024

Today, Shadow Minister for Aged Care Senator Anne Ruston on behalf of the Opposition has tabled 10 amendments to the Aged Care Bill 2024 in the Senate.

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Caroline Egan

20 Nov 2024

2024 DCM Institute VILLAGE SUMMIT tops 630 attendees across five cities

Attendance at the VILLAGE SUMMIT has jumped 32% in 2024, from 470 last November to 630 this year. The third professional development day for the year for Institute Members plus other village leaders, the program is being embraced by more than 150...

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Chris Baynes

9 hours ago

Retirement and Community Living

Opinion

The legislation that will change the retirement village sector forever

The new Aged Care Act was passed in Parliament yesterday and with it Anika Wells announced 83,000 additional Home Care packages. These actions will cement care into retirement villages. Independent living will gradually disappear as a value...

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Chris Baynes

9 hours ago

Retirement and Community Living

Community Living

CEO John Carfi: Ingenia Communities now an “asset developer and operator”

The former CEO of property developer Aqualand Australia, who took over from Simon Owen in April, said the owner/operator of land lease, rental and holiday parks, is to continue to pivot from being an asset aggregator to an asset developer and...

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Ian Horswill

12 hours ago

Retirement and Community Living

Retirement Village Residents Associations unite to survey residents to see if any truth in ABC 7.30 broadcasts

For the first time, the Retirement Village Residents Association in each state have come together to investigate if the allegations made by the TV broadcasts and the associated bombardment on ABC Radio and social media channels have any validity...

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Ian Horswill

13 hours ago