As someone who has experienced the home care system through my mum, I have first-hand knowledge of the pros and cons of how ...

Elderly patients stuck in hospital while waiting for a federally funded aged care place are taking up the equivalent of an ...

More than 200 aged care homes and services have been found non-compliant with the industry watchdog’s standards in just six ...

Cowper was one of nine marginal electorates with a high rate of elderly Australians waiting on a home care package, along ...

with the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission handing down the decision in August after a site audit in June. A commission team found assessment and planning “did not reflect current needs ...

More generally, the report shows elderly South Australians are waiting an average 253 days to be placed in aged care after receiving an ACAT assessment – the longest in the nation and almost ...

The Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program provides nursing students with high-quality clinical placements in aged care.The program:enables ...

The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has welcomed the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner's report, calling it an important step forward ...

We were lifelong partners, lifelong friends.” Bernie was accepted for an aged care bed, but the offer was revoked after an assessment found the home wouldn’t have enough staff on the floor at ...

An inquest into the homicide of a grandfather who died at the hands of a dementia patient in an aged care facility has found the facility’s response was “appropriate.” ...

Recent government data reveals that wait times for accessing aged care services have continued to grow year-on-year. The ...

The operator of SA's Mount Gambier Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has entered liquidation, raising concerns about the viability ...