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Budget package doesn’t guarantee aged-care residents will get better care

 The big investment in aged care announced in last night’s federal budget – an extra A$17.7 billion over five years – is a welcome...

Design makes a place a prison or a home. Turning ‘human-centred’ vision for aged care into reality

  Picture: Shuttlestock The Royal Commission into Aged Care left organisations that provide housing for aged care wondering how they will put its recommendations into effect. Most of these...

4 key takeaways from the aged care royal commission’s final report

 Picture: Shuttlestock The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s final report into aged care has laid out an extensive plan to overhaul Australia’s aged-care system. Among...

When vaccinating 26 million Australians, expect a mistake or two. But we can minimise the risk of repeating Queensland’s overdose incident

 Picture: Shuttlestock It emerged two days ago that two aged-care residents in Brisbane were given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine — more than the...

Can my boss make me get a COVID vaccination? Yes, but it depends on the job

 Picture: Bernat Armangue/AP As Australia prepares to roll out a national vaccination program – aiming for a 95% uptake rate – big questions remain for...

Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list

Image: Shuttlestock Aged care in Australia is underfunded. As a consequence, many older Australians don’t have the support they need. Today’s federal government announcement of A$850 million...

3 ways to transform our ‘Soviet-style’ aged-care mess into a system that puts older Australians first

Picture: Shuttlestock Australia’s aged-care system is in sore need of transformation. This is becoming increasingly clear. If the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality...

Aged care isn’t working, but we can create neighbourhoods to support healthy ageing in place

Image: Kathleen Brasher, Author provided In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed issues and inequities across society. How we plan for ageing populations and older...

If we have the guts to give older people a fair go, this is how we fix aged care in Australia

Image: Shuttlestock In the face of the harrowing findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and the COVID-19 crisis, it’s abundantly clear...

The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key priorities

Picture: Daniel Pockett/AAP Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of...
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