Industry News

A report released by The Australia Institute Centre for Future Work has outlined the benefits of mandating sector-wide aged care training requirements as part of a national care worker registration and accreditation scheme.

Leading telehealth software provider Coviu has named Diana Pitts as its new Chief Executive Officer following successful leadership stints at Safewill and Mable.

The Retirement Living Council is calling for a funding injection that would enable retirement villages to better provide home care services directly to residents.

Updates to My Aged Care have resulted in drastic changes to publicly available information with aged care consumers now able to see how much providers spend on food each day, staff wages and overall surplus or deficit margins.

Year-on-year comparisons show much of the aged care sector has found financial stability following impactful Government reforms with the Quarter 1 2023-24 Quarterly Financial Snapshot one of the strongest in recent years.

Western Australia’s MercyCare has unveiled its fifth residential aged care home, bringing the small-house model of care to Perth’s southeast.

Home care providers have seen some of their burning Support at Home questions answered with the Department of Health and Aged Care responding to the top queries from a recent webinar.

Care minutes totals have bounced back after a seasonal holiday dip in the latest industry analysis from Mirus Australia but there is reason to take stock of AN-ACC management styles as the age of AN-ACC reclassifications continues to rise.

Home care providers are heading into a transformational period and Sydney-based Proveda is already riding the wave of momentum after rebranding to better reflect its growing influence.

There have been seismic shifts in the leadership space with Dementia Australia securing a major leadership coup and COTA Australia bringing in a former Liberal minister to chair its board.