Meditote tray table bag
29 July, 2022 | Supplied by: MeditoteThe Meditote tray table bag can be draped over the tray table trolley, slung onto your shoulder, attached to an IV pole or even placed on the handles of a wheelchair or other mobility aid.
Partnership to rebuild aged care centre for First Nations people
15 July, 2022Australian Regional and Remote Community Services (ARRCS) has announced it is rebuilding the Kaltukatjara's Tjilpi Pampaku Ngura Flexible Aged Care.
Services Aust updating residential care payment system
01 July, 2022The System for the Payment of Aged Residential Care (SPARC) is being replaced to enable policy and legislative changes.
Palliative care investment welcomed
17 June, 2022The NSW Government will invest $743m over the next five years on top of the $300 million spent in the state each year.
Reinventing the system
10 June, 2022 by Ben Johnston, Country Manager, Homage AustraliaAs the industry struggles to find certified staff to support more than one million Australians who need care, it is clear we must rethink aged care as a profession.
Blue Care voted most trusted brand for residential and home care
10 June, 2022Blue Care, part of UnitingCare Queensland, won recognition as part of the 2022 Reader's Digest Trusted Brands Survey.
Home visits for palliative care increase by 18%
03 June, 2022The number of Medicare-subsidised palliative care services received by Australians in their own homes almost doubled between 2015–16 and 2019–20.
Support for aged care workers delivering palliative care
26 May, 2022Aged care workers and nurses, and carers in the community, will receive more critical support when delivering end-of-life palliative care services, thanks to two new Flinders University-led research projects supported by SA Government grant funding.
Meditote tray table bag
16 May, 2022 | Supplied by: MeditoteThe Meditote tray table bag facilitates stowing personal items in safe and easy reach on a patient's or aged-care resident's tray table.
Pat White's new lease on life
22 April, 2022Coorparoo grandmother Pat White has a new lease on life since taking part in weekly classes that are tailored to meet the physical, psychological and wellbeing needs of people living with Parkinson's disease.
Policy recommendations from older Australians
19 April, 2022The Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia has released the key public policy areas that need to be addressed to improve the lives of older people.
Three aged-care providers team up to deliver better care
08 April, 2022Three aged-care organisations on the Central Coast — Adelene, Vietnam Veterans Keith Payne VC Hostel and Central Coast Community Care Association — have teamed up to deliver better care to residents.
Aged-care challenges and solutions in focus at the upcoming PASA conference
31 March, 2022It's just over a year since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
Aged care: education program to strengthen leadership, governance
20 December, 2021The federal government has launched an education program to help aged-care providers strengthen organisational governance and leadership.
New research centre to strengthen aged-care delivery
15 December, 2021A new $34 million research centre to open next year at Flinders University in Adelaide hopes to strengthen the future of aged-care delivery in Australia.
