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Study unpacks experiences of home care packages
Home care recipients have told researchers they sometimes have to fight to get their provider to deliver services they are due, describing it as “a battle” and “like pulling teeth”. Dr Sarah Russell...
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System too confusing for more than half of home care recipients
More than half of older people who have received a home care package are struggling to work out what to do with it because the system is “bewildering and broken”, according to a consumer think-tank....
View ArticleResidents have more antipsychotics, GP visits but fewer hospitalisations
People in residential aged care are much more likely to have antipsychotic medications than those receiving aged care and support services in the home, a new report from the Australian Institute for...
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Pricing your way to a financially successful home care future
The expansion of Australia’s ageing population has led to the perception that the aged care sector is a growth bonanza. Consequently, the number of organisations seeking approved provider status has...
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Tasmania’s aged care workforce under pressure
Older Tasmanians are more likely to be impacted by failing aged care services than mainland seniors because the state has the highest proportion of seniors coupled with a small number of services, the...
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Regional providers reject return to block funding
Regional community care providers have rejected a return to block funding, saying the benefits of consumer directed care are too important to give up. During a hearing of the royal commission in Mudgee...
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Poor access to aged care in regional areas doesn’t add up
There should be more aged care services in regional, rural and remote Australia purely because there is a greater proportion of older people in these areas, the royal commission has heard this week....
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‘Neglect’– Royal Commission slams home care system
Home care has been identified as one of three areas requiring immediate action in the interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety which described the aged care system as “a...
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International standards linked to improving ageing
Global standards can benefit ageing societies and the wellbeing of older citizens, an upcoming conference on ageing will hear. Global Community Resourcing director of projects and research Anne...
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Initiative targets retirement village, community-dwelling seniors
A new program is aiming to get more than 15,000 inactive older Australians across the country physically and socially active through group exercises classes delivered face-to-face and over telehealth....
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Older women the new face of homelessness
A national strategy and investment in safe, secure and affordable housing is needed to support an increasing number of older women in Australia, writes Debbie Georgopoulos. Older women have emerged as...
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Are you using the CALD Action Plan?
The action plan to support older people from diverse backgrounds helps providers identify how to deliver more inclusive and culturally-appropriate services, writes Mary Patetsos. Aged care provision...
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A mainstream service’s experience of meeting seniors’ diverse needs
Frank Weits, the chief executive officer of South Australian aged care provider ACH Group, and home care client Pon Pheng talk to Australian Ageing Agenda about inclusive aged care and the Action Plan...
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A specialist’s perspective on meeting the diverse needs of seniors
Umbrella Multicultural Community Care Services Inc’s programs and services operate primarily by recognition and celebration of diversity, writes Henrietta Podgorska. Read FECCA chair Mary Patestos’...
View ArticleResource supports CALD seniors to engage with inquiry
A new toolkit has been launched to help culturally and linguistically diverse aged care recipients tell their stories in any language to the aged care royal commission. The royal commission, which has...
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The elder abuse plan doesn’t go far enough: opinion
An emphasis on vague goals like building momentum and safeguards in the national plan to tackle elder abuse would be better replaced by targeted funding of proven local services, writes Myfan Jordan....
View Article$2.6 million in funding boosts to support aged care consumers
National consumer and advocacy bodies the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia, Council on the Ageing and the Older Persons Advocacy Network are the latest recipients of funding in...
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New charter strengthens consumer rights framework
The government has launched the new single charter of rights, which providers will need to sign and give to every aged care recipient in their service. The Charter of Aged Care Rights, which is part of...
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Call to speed up implementation of charter of rights
Consumer advocacy COTA Australia has raised concerns over the additional time providers have been given to implement the new single charter of rights that applies to all recipients of...
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Plan provides framework for coordinated action on elder abuse
The government has launched a four-year national plan to combat elder abuse through action in five priority areas including research, education, prevention and the strengthening of support services and...
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