Slashed staffing hours triggers protest at Auckland aged care home
Staff at an Auckland aged care facility picketed outside their workplace on Thursday over their employer's plans to reduce ...
Amid growing demand and bed shortages, ACT government makes 'difficult decision' to shut aged care respite facility
Access to respite aged care in Canberra will become even tougher from June, when the ACT government will shut a 15-bed ...
Bernie waited months in hospital for a bed in aged care. It never came
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park says the federal government should build more aged care beds or start paying the states to care ...
List: Services found non-compliant with aged care commission standards in first half of 2024-25
More than 200 aged care homes and services have been found non-compliant with the industry watchdog’s standards in just six ...
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Aged care watchdog report finds 26 per pcent increase in neglect notifications in residential homes
The guidelines state that neglect in aged care homes can include things like withholding personal care, failing to treat wounds, or insufficient assistance during meals. Last year the watchdog ...
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Is the aged care ocean liner beginning to turn around?
Major changes to aged care amount to a huge overhaul of the role of the federal government in looking after Australian seniors.