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When private entities fail, communities shouldn’t pick up the tab – Dr Katharine Bassett of CHA says Healthscope’s not-for-profit status is shifting risk
Sector expert Dr Katharine Bassett calls for reassessment and integrity in the systems overseeing not-for-profit status. Digging deeper into the substance of leadership and honouring the people that make up health and aged care, Bassett advocates for systems to safeguard against risk being shifted unfairly.
Australia’s sleep gap could become an ageing health crisis
New global research suggests Australians increasingly recognise sleep as essential to long-term health, yet quality rest remains elusive. As the population ages, untreated sleep problems may become a growing public health and workforce challenge.
Bulk-billing rates up but systemic funding must support multi-disciplinary teams to keep people out of hospital
While bulk-billing rates are up, Grattan Institute experts share that the bigger picture has been missed. Multidisciplinary care must be supported to have cross-sector lasting impact.
WA moves to fund free RSV vaccines for aged care residents
Western Australia will fund free RSV vaccinations for residential aged care residents aged 65+, becoming the first state to do so. The move raises questions about national consistency and preventive health funding for older Australians.
Australia can’t treat its way out of dementia: prevention and allied health are the missing link
Dementia is now Australia’s leading cause of death, yet Medicare remains focused on late-stage care rather than prevention. With up to 45 per cent of dementia risk linked to modifiable factors, this article argues the case for properly funding allied health as essential prevention infrastructure, not an optional extra, if the nation’s “green and gold guarantee” is to mean anything in an ageing Australia.
A tangled web tangles further – some doctors advise seniors to head to already strained hospitals to speed up referral
As hospitals and RAC reach new levels of strain, seniors continue to be within a rock and a hard place to seek aged care assessments and access to care. New reports of doctors advising seniors to admit themselves to hospital to speed up referral complicates an already fraught situation.
Ageism is operating as a silent clinical risk factor in our health system
A new Human Rights Commission report shows ageism is operating as a silent clinical risk factor in Australia’s health system, with COTA Australia warning that long embedded bias is driving unsafe decisions, poorer outcomes and inequity for people of every age.
“It’s not just perverse, it’s cruel” – The shambles of Support at Home – From delayed to damaging, current policy is not smart or kind for seniors and the system
The approach to Support at Home, from delays, to damaging pricing models, has sector experts and leaders calling for immediate policy fixes.
Avoiding opioid disasters – Study shows pain levels are increasing, further data is needed to treat source not symptoms
Pain is rising globally. The need to understand the source behind the rise, and not be distracted to merely treat symptoms, is imperative.
Pre-emptive over patch-work – The heated debate over solving the aged crisis needs to think bigger
Multiple crises need bigger thinking to solve for the present day and for future sustainability.
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