Australia’s aged care is transforming, driven by new laws, rising home care demand and increasingly empowered clients.

Grief for families in the aged care system begins long before the death of their loved ones, new research has found, ...

The sector needs to lead the way in defining best practice and the government should look deeper into the inadequacies of the ...

A Greens senator has accused the health department of a “failure of policy” after states and territories flagged concerns of ...

Department officials have defended not telling the aged care minister about potentially massive worker shortages because ...

A new Aged Care Act comes into effect in November, but some question if the act will meaningfully address service gaps for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Explore migrant pathways into Australia’s aged care sector. Learn about training, support, and inspiring stories of building meaningful aged care careers. This article shares practical tips from Work ...

The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) held rallies Wednesday in several regional centres of the state includng Wyong, Shoalhaven, Gosford, the Blue Mountains, and Yass. The ...

Michael Woods is Professor of Health Economics at the UTS Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation. He is Policy Advisor to the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC) and Chairs the ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced yesterday that his government will hold a royal commission into the aged care sector. The decision is a desperate attempt to win support from older ...

Click here to download an Easy-to-Read version of the report At that stage he couldn’t walk, only shuffle, he was very, very depressed, just crying all the time. And he couldn’t swallow… He would say, ...

Australia’s aged care sector was failing long before the pandemic arrived. A royal commission into the treatment of the elderly in aged care facilities last year found that “the aged care system fails ...