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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GP access in aged care: What the AMA’s position statement means for providers
When GPs can’t get into your facility, residents end up in hospital. The AMA’s new position statement names the structural failures – and the fixes providers should be pushing for.
Australia’s aged care infrastructure shortfall is bigger than you think – and the clock is ticking
Wayne Belcher OAM has done the numbers. The sector needs a new nursing home every two days for the next 20 years – and most providers are too busy surviving to address it.
Have we lost ‘got-your-back’ leadership? – Part 2: Jennifer Andrewes on diagnosis, walking that walk, literally, metaphorically and all the etcetera’s
Jennifer Andrewes worked as a communications expert in government. She’s seen a lot of leadership approaches. It was those she encountered post sharing her diagnosis who landed what is the substance of leading. She’s now walking the walk, in more ways than one.
Support at Home is a complicated, opaque, inefficient scheme for all – part four: reform judged on impact not intent
Support at Home must be assessed by how it has impacted seniors and sector, home care general manager argues. Legislative intent is not enough, reform in the halls, homes and operational hoops is where the rubber hits the road.
Are you honouring your residents’ final wishes – or just filing them?
When residents can’t speak for themselves, your systems do. Here’s why end-of-life conversations need to start long before they’re urgent – and how Remember Well•, a new digital platform, isn’t afraid to start them.
Priority support at home processing announced for seniors with MND – sector reminds that system must work for all
Government announces priority processing for seniors with MND within Support at Home scheme. Advocates and industry leaders remind government that more work remains to be done for the hundreds of thousands that continue to wait a year for care.
Have we lost ‘got-your-back’ leadership? – Part 1: Jennifer Andrewes on championing collegial leaders that ask questions
Far from the sterile books on power plays in leadership, Jennifer Andrewes, a long-time government professional in communications, shares walking a different walk. Vibrantly candid, kind and competent, Andrewes’ story is one of honesty and grit in sticking to your values and having each others’ backs.
Turned away before the door opens: how compliance fear is reshaping aged care admissions
Operations manager Mamata Adhikari has watched a quiet pattern form at the admissions desk: complex-needs residents being turned away. Not because facilities can’t care for them, but because staff are afraid of what comes next.
Support at Home is a complicated, opaque, inefficient scheme for all – part three: wide impacts, unprofessional systemic blunders
Within an era of major pushes to overhaul the aged care sector, leaders say the government system’s backend was less than lacklustre, impacting families and providers. As the wait-times for Support at Home packages and time to interact with government processes grows, providers wrestle with systems not fit for purpose.
What the Maggie Beer Foundation funding tells aged care leaders about money, governance and timing
The Maggie Beer Foundation’s $14.7M in government funding raises uncomfortable questions. Not just about one organisation, but about how reform dollars flow, and whether your governance is ready for the scrutiny that follows.
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