Whether you’re a new leader or an experienced head, workplaces are constantly changing. It’s always worth self-reflecting on your leadership style to ensure you effectively support your team and organisation as a whole. In this section, you’ll find a collection of informative articles to help you become the best leader you can be.
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The hidden cost of respite: Why Australia’s cheapest aged care investment may save the most money
Respite has long been viewed as a support for carers. A joint statement from Dementia Australia and Carers Australia says it’s something much bigger: preventative infrastructure that keeps older Australians at home, reduces hospital demand and delays residential aged care. The real cost will be continuing to underinvest.
Your in-house AI-built care app fails at 2am. Who fixes it?
When a home-grown AI tool fails on the night shift, someone has to fix it. Sonja Bernhardt OAM asks aged care leaders who carries that responsibility once the prototype goes live, and why software vendors must rethink what they sell.
Stuck in hospital, waiting at home: the reform gap
Grandmothers with no one to talk to. Fathers denied care for months. Michael Foenander believes Australia’s aged care crisis isn’t a workforce story: it’s a governance failure. And it’s one costing providers real money and reputation.
Beyond HELF: What boards should learn from aged care’s latest policy reset
The latest HELF rule changes have prompted providers to review charging arrangements, but the bigger lesson extends well beyond one fee. Paul Sadler argues that governance during reform requires continual review, local judgement and the willingness to revisit decisions made in good faith.
Shared purpose: The foundation of every strong partnership
Residents and patients don’t see different uniforms, just the people caring for them. Cirka’s Pat Donato and Emma Yee on why the strongest outsourced partnerships in aged care are built on trust and shared outcomes, not contracts.
The funding model isn’t your biggest financial problem
The CHSP reprieve may have delayed the next round of reform, but it hasn’t changed what makes an organisation financially resilient. Audit Partner Siobhain Simpson argues providers should stop chasing the next funding model and start understanding the true performance of every service they deliver.
Aged care leaders are the key to turning research into action
Handing out new manuals and hoping for compliance no longer works. New research reveals that strategic, systems-level leadership and dedicated knowledge brokers are vital to turning clinical evidence into everyday aged care practice.
Aged care turnover isn’t a pay problem: it’s a visibility crisis
New polling from Mirus Australia reveals aged care turnover is driven by workload, burnout, and culture – over pay. Leaders face a visibility crisis, leaving preventable resignations hidden in roster patterns and unmeasured morale.
Beyond compliance: The leadership challenge shaping aged care’s next chapter
As aged care embeds its post-Royal Commission reforms, sector leaders are asking a new question: what comes after compliance? Experts agree strong governance is essential, but future success will depend on leadership, judgement and creating the conditions for older Australians to genuinely thrive.
Aged care needs experienced leaders. So why is it screening them out?
Aged care is short of experienced leaders, while capable professionals in their 50s and 60s can find themselves pushed out of other industries. Is the sector overlooking a ready-made leadership pool by prioritising aged care experience over transferable corporate skills?
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