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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.
Beyond HELF: What boards should learn from aged care’s latest policy reset
The latest HELF rule changes have prompted providers to review charging arrangements, but the bigger lesson extends well beyond one fee. Paul Sadler argues that governance during reform requires continual review, local judgement and the willingness to revisit decisions made in good faith.
Health department knew IAT override was impossible
Freedom of Information (FoI) emails show senior health department staff knew, three days before rollout, that the aged care assessment algorithm (IAT) couldn’t legally be overridden – despite months of public assurances to assessors.
Dashboards are dead
Sonja Bernhardt OAM argues that traditional dashboards are dying. Instead of forcing humans to act as analytics engines by hunting through disconnected metrics, AI shifts the focus from “showing numbers” to surfacing what genuinely deserves human attention.
Beyond compliance: The leadership challenge shaping aged care’s next chapter
As aged care embeds its post-Royal Commission reforms, sector leaders are asking a new question: what comes after compliance? Experts agree strong governance is essential, but future success will depend on leadership, judgement and creating the conditions for older Australians to genuinely thrive.
Australia has its first national nursing workforce strategy. Now health leaders must deliver it.
Australia has its first National Nursing Workforce Strategy, but a strategy alone won’t fix a 79,000-nurse deficit. Arun Thomas explores how the true test for health leaders lies in converting a 10-year policy blueprint into real, sustainable capacity on the ground.
Why Australia’s aged care legislation struggles with community-led solutions
After 15 years of planning, fundraising and refining a financially viable model, one rural Victorian community is still unable to build an aged care facility. Wedderburn’s experience raises broader questions about whether Australia’s regulatory framework can accommodate community-led solutions.
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