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Leveraging difference for good – regional nurse appointed to multicultural health advisory committee to champion for regional communities
Empathy and community experience integral to health and aged care governance, RN shares. Nominated to state health advisory role, Arun Thomas looks to regional community insight to guide effective decisions.
Aged care must retreat from financing opinion trap – sector must voice funding needs, government must shoulder how to pay for it
Veteran aged and health care expert warns against sector straying into government financing decisions and approval. She champions boundaries of scope for the sector to avoid traps and consequences.
Relational over transactional – Michael Goldsworthy names looming “catastrophe” and invites government to table of connection and trust
Corporate project-management expert Michael Goldsworthy sees the “catastrophe” aged care is facing from current crisis. Government must approach sector for a relationship re-do, to build trust and insight, if reform has any hope to land well.
She helped design aged care reform. Now she is questioning how it works in practice
Aged care consultant Lynda Henderson helped design the Integrated Assessment Tool underpinning Support at Home. As a care recipient herself, she now questions how the system works in practice.
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.
Preventative medicine in the spotlight – GP home visits key to reducing early residential care entry
Advocates and GPs remind policymakers that home visit care is central to preventative healthcare strategy. Reducing hospital and RAC strain must be a key focus for the budget ahead.
Advice or information– financial aged care expert Assyat David warns that seniors and sector must know the difference to prevent decisions that cannot be undone
Financial aged care expert Assyat David flags a concerning trend of unqualified advice to seniors, resulting in decisions that cannot be undone. The company she co-founded, Aged Care Steps, has commissioned a white paper to push for clarity to protect seniors and the sector.
Scrutiny over promises – researchers urge caution over the promises of AI to ‘fix’ aged care
Australian experts urge caution over AI promises to ‘fix’ aged care. Extensive review into “agetech” companies and marketing message finds troubling results.
Lessons over loss – what a small town’s facility closure can teach government and sector about pragmatic reform
Small-town Pyramid Hill in Victoria responded to its aged care facility closing down by rising up. Advocates and experts say this has lessons for how the Federal government should approached aged care management and reform.
Sector frustration at incomplete rules comes to head – tensions rise in Victorian retirement living conference
Messaging from peak body at industry conference shows rising frustration by provider heads surrounding incomplete and late reform.
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