I can't deal with the system again so soon".I'd just managed to secure a home care package for my father, two and a half ...

Confidential documents show already delayed aged-care reforms are set back by months due to cost blowouts with a series of ...

ABC Radio Canberra will shine a spotlight on the pressures and realities for Australians caring for ageing parents, while ...

Nurses working in Victorian aged care homes will have access to a three-day workshop on conducting comprehensive health ...

But to get assistance you need an aged-care assessment and that process too needs improving. Waiting times for assessment have blown out, with reported delays of up to five months.

“So he contacted My Aged Care to arrange an assessment for aged care services. An assessor came to Barry’s house and developed a support plan to help him achieve his goals.

“The My Aged Care website includes tools to help older people understand the process to access aged care, apply for an assessment and find a provider that meet their needs,” the spokesman said.

Ming is only required to pay a means-tested fee of $13,202 a year. At the current lifetime cap of $79,942, he would need to live in care for more than six years before he reaches this limit.

Labor’s decision to delay massive aged care reforms for four months has been criticised as a “clear admission of failure” that “could have been avoided” if the government had listened to ...

Labor’s decision to delay massive aged care reforms for four months has been criticised as a “clear admission of failure” that “could have been avoided” if the government had listened to ...