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Private health insurance for seniors: Rebate cuts raise aged care funding questions
The government has reintroduced its private health insurance rebate cuts for over-65s after a Senate setback. New modelling and COTA survey findings raise questions about older Australians’ healthcare spending, hospital demand and aged care funding.
Aged care royal commission report card: Impact over inputs is success
CEO Russell Bricknell shares the attitude of a sector grappling with lots of reform and limited certainly, have projects post Royal Commission changed the lives of seniors meaningfully for the better? In Juniper’s Royal Commission Report Card, a C- shows there’ still much to be done.
200,000 waiting: aged care providers take fight to Canberra
More than 3,700 older Australians are stuck in hospital beds because aged care has nowhere to put them. Ageing Australia and over 50 providers took it to Canberra last week, putting the funding gap in front of every party.
Occupancy hits a nine-year high and strains every metric
Occupancy has hit a nine-year high, but Mirus Australia’s data shows a chain reaction for boards: tighter care minutes, costly agency labour, cautious regulation and no new beds. Pull one thread and the rest unravel.
Enough blame – ‘bed blocking’ needs common sense funding
Australia’s aged care ‘bed blocking’ is seniors stranded in hospital, and a hospital system stretched to breaking. Fixing the problem is of national importance for the nation, says Australian Medical Association NSW president Dr Fred Betros. This isn’t a senior problem he says, this is care impacted for all.
Who cares for regional Australia when the workers stop coming?
Australia’s migration debate has focused on housing and population growth, but aged care providers are watching another issue unfold. As regional workforce shortages deepen, the sector is questioning what changing migration settings could mean for recruiting and retaining the people who deliver care.
Free personal care raises a capacity question for boards
Personal care is now free at the point of use for eligible Support at Home customers. One provider says cost kept people from asking. Boards now need to know whether their workforce can answer.
The hidden cost of respite: Why Australia’s cheapest aged care investment may save the most money
Respite has long been viewed as a support for carers. A joint statement from Dementia Australia and Carers Australia says it’s something much bigger: preventative infrastructure that keeps older Australians at home, reduces hospital demand and delays residential aged care. The real cost will be continuing to underinvest.
Stuck in hospital, waiting at home: the reform gap
Grandmothers with no one to talk to. Fathers denied care for months. Michael Foenander believes Australia’s aged care crisis isn’t a workforce story: it’s a governance failure. And it’s one costing providers real money and reputation.
Rationed care isn’t rights-based care, Uniting NSW.ACT tells Senate
Some older Australians assessed as eligible for Support at Home are going without care because the co-contributions are out of reach. See what Uniting NSW.ACT’s Saviour Buhagiar recently told the Senate inquiry about the highly-criticised program.
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