Press Release

HSC Technology Group and partners Whiddon, Anchor Excellence and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have been awarded an Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA) grant with a total value of nearly $400,000 to run a feasibility study using a data analytics platform that combines sensor technology to prevent falls in residential aged care.

Healthcare workers and community advocates will observe a minute of silence on Thursday on behalf of over 5000 colleagues who have lost their jobs due to Government oversights throughout the aged care reforms process.

Victorian aged care provider BlueCross is working to challenge the negative perceptions of dementia and brain change by hosting dementia specialist Teepa Snow over four days of experiential training for staff, and a free event for the broader community.

Anglicare Sydney and Presbyterian Aged Care NSW and ACT entered into a Heads of Agreement and commencing a period of due diligence to acquire most of Presbyterian Aged Care’s property, assets and operations in NSW on December 14, 2022.

Mission Australia recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of Annie Green Court, one of charity’s three aged care facilities in NSW for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, or who have experienced financial or social disadvantage.

BESTMED welcomes the Department of Health and Aged Care’s recent updates to the national guiding principles for medication management for residential aged care facilities, in the community, and supporting the continuity of care at transition points.

The Aged & Community Care Providers Association have announced the winners of the 2022 innovAGEING National Awards.

The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and leading in-home care provider, Silverchain, have received significant funding from Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA), to support the advancement of in-home care.

Uniting’s new Marion St village will be named McRae-McMahon Place to pay tribute to the distinguished career of Reverend Dorothy McRae-McMahon.

Australian private aged care provider, Arcare, has opened its doors to a new five-star residence in Thornlands on Monday October 24, 2022, bringing state-of-the-art amenities and excellence in care to Brisbane’s Bayside.