Industry News

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the south-east Queensland coast overnight on Thursday and into Friday morning, with a warning zone stretching past the Sunshine Coast through to Byron Bay and Ballina in New South Wales.

Monash University’s Dr Marta Woolford is spearheading an innovative project to improve the quality of care and life of aged care residents across Australia.

Catholic Health Australia has pitched several pre-budget measures to prop up the aged care sector, its workforce and also to support older people experiencing financial hardship.

Workforce innovations are about to be fast-tracked into existence following the launch of the Aged Care Collaborative which will fund and support evidence-based projects that address critical workforce challenges in the sector. The $3 million Aged Care Collaborative is the latest exciting Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) development.  It will offer three […]

Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly has outlined a potential-filled path forward for how the aged care system supports older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Aged care assessment wait times have more than doubled for some older Australians in the last eight years with recently released government data revealing mixed fortunes for people wanting to access home care services compared to entering residential care.

A vacant retirement village operated by Calvary Health Care in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs will be hitting the market next week, but not for sale, with the care provider turning the units into a seniors’ rental site.

Aged care is at the forefront of Australia’s business expansion as new data from BizCover’s Small Business Growth Report reveals Aged & Disability Care is the top-growing small-business sector.

An inquest into the COVID-19 outbreak that resulted in the death of 19 aged care residents in Western Sydney has reached its official conclusion with the Coroner’s Court of New South Wales finding that at least three deaths were preventable under another model of care.

The Department of Health and Aged Care has shared a summary of amendments to the new Aged Care Act, highlighting the main changes from its progression through parliament in late 2024.