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Funding independence means redesigning the purpose of aged care
Australia’s aged care system has long funded decline rather than independence. Could expanding restorative care reshape demand, improve outcomes for older Australians and create a more sustainable future for providers, governments and taxpayers alike?
Standardised failure: how the new NDIS bill sacrifices participants for budget repair
As NDIS reforms repeat the design flaws of aged care’s algorithmic funding failures, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess warns that providers will bear the fallout of standardised models that sacrifice individual needs for budget repair.
Why KPMG’s whistleblower failure should concern every aged care provider
Following KPMG’s high-profile whistleblower governance failure, Australian aged care directors face heightened scrutiny. Under the new Aged Care Act, leaders can be personally fined up to $165,000 for non-compliant reporting systems, even if the organisation itself escapes regulatory action.
Outgoing aged care watchdog delivers final warning: “We are designing our way into the problem”
As she prepares to leave the role, Natalie Siegel-Brown has delivered her strongest criticism yet of aged care reform, warning that good intentions are being undermined by poor implementation and a system that may be increasing pressure on residential care.
Support at Home’s biggest test: Can government turn reform promises into real-world care access?
A survey of older Australians has highlighted growing frustration with Support at Home, revealing challenges around waiting times, complexity, provider availability and out-of-pocket costs.
From IDDSI to Standard 6 and beyond: The evolution of risk in the aged care kitchen
IDDSI standardised texture-modified food and thickened fluids across aged care, changing how risk is described. But safety language alone hasn’t fixed rosters, training or communication pathways – and Standard 6 now demands the operating model catch up.
The hidden cost of a poorly designed food system
Aged care providers ask where the money will come from before asking whether their kitchen system is already wasting it. Poor design costs more than budgets do – through waste, rework, complaints and burnt-out chefs carrying risk no one else sees.
Navigating the new horizon: Australia’s first cross-setting quality framework
This new cross-setting framework gives aged care leaders an evidence-based blueprint to measure quality across the entire continuum of care, helping organisations bridge the gap between health services and residential settings to deliver truly integrated, person-centred outcomes.
Kitchens in aged care: Has much changed since 1986?
A CEO’s line – aged care can survive, but not run like it’s 1985 – sent Lindsay O’Grady back to 1986: the year he started as a chef. Forty years on, the kitchen has changed. But has the model around it changed enough?
The Arcare story is about yesterday. The bigger story is what’s next.
While the headlines have focused on allegations surrounding additional service fees via HELF, the more important question for boards and executives is whether the sector has fully understood what the new Aged Care Act is asking providers to become.
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