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Bulk-billing rates up but systemic funding must support multi-disciplinary teams to keep people out of hospital
While bulk-billing rates are up, Grattan Institute experts share that the bigger picture has been missed. Multidisciplinary care must be supported to have cross-sector lasting impact.
HELF looks like a pricing change. For many providers, it feels like a revenue risk.
As aged care providers shift from bundled additional services to higher everyday living, predictable revenue structures are giving way to individual opt-in variability. Without stronger operational visibility, revenue erosion can occur quietly and incrementally.
Providers must pay bills and seniors must be protected – Catholic Health Australia fronts senate to ask the government to balance support at home reform
Catholic Health Australia and representatives appeal the Senate to consider provider financial viability in the wake of Support at Home uncertainty and confusion. Paying front-line staff and suppliers is integral for high-performers, alongside senior protections from poor-performers.
There is no sector without sustainable growth – provider peak body Ageing Australia weighs in to government with recommendations ahead of budget
Peak provider body, Ageing Australia, has weighed in ahead of Canberra’s May 2026 budget. Key recommendations include funding for capital projects and bed builds, alongside Support at Home reform.
“No bed, no exit”: South Australia’s aged care bottleneck is everyone’s problem
Hospitals across Australia are absorbing the impact of aged care shortages as older people wait months for placements. South Australia’s response highlights deeper national failures in planning, capacity and accountability.
Protecting seniors amid Support at Home changes – for Prestige’s CEO Mark O’Brien, culture, character and corporate strength is critical to providers meeting this moment
Mark O’Brien, Prestige home-care’s new CEO, shares how culture, compassion and capability are non-negotiable ingredients to meet aged care’s current moment. In the face of Support at Home’s rollout, providers have the opportunity to go above and beyond to shield clients from confusion and feeling alone.
Laying bare the lack of planning from Commonwealth Home Support to Support at Home – inspector-general of aged care, private sector, peak bodies speak at Senate hearing
Senate hearing shows growing concern across sector experts surrounding the transition from Commonwealth Home Support to Support at Home
The void of Support at Home reassessments is “bizarre” and damaging – aged care leader Adrian Morgan champions transparency, trust for seniors and sector that needs them to flourish
With insight, conviction and compassion, aged care expert Adrian Morgan raises the “bizarre” issue that’s growing in Support at Home reassessments and its consequences. Transparency and trust be central components in direct reform for the program and the aggregate goal of a sustainable and flourishing sector.
Dignity and financial sense is failing – peak body for aged care providers weighs in on consequences and strategy for delayed Support at Home packages
Peak body for Australia’s aged care providers, Ageing Australia, weighs in on the consequences of ballooning wait times for Support at Home packages, and the immediate need for reform.
Building from scratch, again – Rockpool’s leadership team shows small providers can punch above their weight, challenge the status quo in an industry that deserves to thrive
Rockpool’s leadership is building up from scratch, again. CEO, Mel Argent invaluably shares the leadership experience along the way, including persistent frustration. Yet having hard conversations is vital to reaching what the industry deserves, to thrive, for the seniors at its heart, and the sincere leadership that pours themselves into this work.
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