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Shedding a light on palliative care – leaders have an opportunity to educate as well as manage
Expanding the conversation: Aged care leaders have an opportunity to support sector, seniors, and any with need, in navigating palliative care, expert says.
Relying on funding boost alone is shortsighted – Rockpool CEO warns aged care rules are deterring bed builds
Rockpool’s CEO, Melissa Argent, outlines that rules, as well as funding, have an integral place in bringing health to aged care growth. Investment and ‘profit’ too must not be ‘dirty’ words, they are integral ingredients to an environment of robust development.
“We cannot simply wait for the federal response” – NSW government announces move to respond to ‘stranded’ hospital patients
Even under the eaves of the budget and funding promised, States are taking matters into their own hands to investigate cause and solution for seniors ‘stuck’ in hospitals.
The law dictated her mother die slowly – healthcare executive, Angie List, says enough is enough
Angie List, a healthcare executive, watched her mother die in an inexplicable way. She is trying to change that with Hem’s Law, a petition to enable loved-ones the option of mercy and the humane when death is already confirmed.
Systemic cracks remain in accessing voluntary assisted dying – support must be better charity says
Report finds cracks in accessing comprehensive and clear information on VAD from within the aged care sector.
Distrust of NDIS must not paint all providers and participants with same brush – SA provider shares the cost of integrity
As NDIS reform reaches new intensity, SA provider Vana Care, and its co-founder, highlight hearing from the providers, and participants, who have consistently brought integrity to the scheme. The overhaul must go deep to support the honest and diligent to excel.
Hope endures for aged care, if great people stick around – in humour and truth, Dr Simon Grof is here for the long haul
Stories from within aged care, about the substance of its professionals, may have the greatest opportunity to encourage change. Borne from being earned at proximity and perseverance, not told from a distance.
$3 billion dollars welcome but the point remains missed – policy keeps forgetting australians want to age at home
While $3 billion for RAC builds a welcome update from government, more focus must be directed towards cleaning up Support at Home program advocates and industry leaders say.
Billions of government capital a start – but providers want trust in how it breaks ground
The Federal government’s $3 billion capital injection into residential bed building is a start. But sector leaders say trusting and listening to industry, to land policy well, has a long way to go.
What does it say about us that we needed a billion dollars to make a shower free?
Australia’s $3 billion aged care package includes a billion dollars to make showering free under Support at Home. That’s welcome news — but it’s also an admission. Here’s what the announcement really tells us about where we’ve been, and what leaders need to watch closely as the reforms roll out.
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