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The government has a new plan for residential aged care. Here’s …
Sep 16, 2024 · Nicole Sutton, University of Technology Sydney and Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney. After months of negotiations between the major parties, the government has announced it will implement the Aged Care Taskforce recommendations.. The government already signalled back in March that it wouldn’t impose a new tax or aged care levy.. Last week's announcement focuses on how wealthier ...
What do Older Aussies want from the new Aged Care Act?
Nov 9, 2023 · By: Arshmah Jamal in Aged Care Royal Commission, Top Stories November 9, 2023 0. Older Australians and those close to them want human rights to be the top priority in the upcoming Aged Care Act, according to a new submission. Thirteen organisations released the findings of their joint inquiry into the Foundation of the Aged Care Act based on ...
Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what …
Australia’s subsidised aged care services now help around 1.5 million older people to receive care and support. Taxpayers contributed A$28 billion to the various programs in 2022-23. And yet the system is governed by an act that was first passed in 1997. A lot has changed over the past two and a half decades – more people are living longer ...
‘Wage justice’: Big pay rise for aged care workers
Mar 18, 2024 · Aged care workers have secured a “historic” pay rise – some getting up to a 28.5 per cent increase – in what has been called a “life-changing” improvement for one of Australia’s most undervalued work forces. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered the major update on Friday following an anxious wait for consultation on the ...
Appropriate care levels at 50%, new study finds
Jan 25, 2024 · Aged care residents in Australia are receiving on average only half of the appropriate care and even less for other common conditions like depression, a new study has found. In world-first research, Macquarie University's Australian Institute of Health Innovation evaluated adherence to evidence-based care and clinical practice guidelines for ...
Most aged care homes are falling short of minimum care …
Jul 1, 2024 · These standards require a sector-wide average of 200 minutes of direct care per person per day (from registered and enrolled nurses and personal care workers). And 40 minutes of this care has to be delivered by a registered nurse. The minimum level each resident should receive varies above or below that 200 minutes depending on their assessed ...
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Jul 29, 2024 · Manufacturing jobs were mainly secure, full-time, reasonably paid jobs dominated by male workers.. By contrast, jobs in aged care are often insecure, part-time and poorly paid, dominated by women, with many workers coming from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Our research shows 4 in 10 Australians in aged care are …
Aug 5, 2024 · Jonathan Foo, Monash University and Marie-Claire O'Shea, Griffith University. In the next 40 years in Australia, it’s predicted the number of Australians aged 65 and over will more than double, while the number of people aged 85 and over will more than triple.. If you’re not really interested in aged care, you should be. Given these figures, you will almost certainly be engaging with aged ...
Australia’s aged care system needs $10 billion a year: Grattan
Apr 19, 2021 · The cleaning bill needed to remove the aged care “stain on Australians’ conscience” should total $10 billion a year, a leading think tank says. The Grattan Institute said the extra spending could be funded by some mix of a new Medicare-style levy on taxable income, changes to the pension assets test and/or the residential aged care means ...