Newsletter: 26 October 2022

Going green is becoming a bigger and bigger focus in many different industries and some aged care providers are catching on to this new trend when building or refurbishing facilities.

Aged care peak bodies and unions have welcomed the $3.9 billion investment towards aged care reform put forward in last night’s Federal Budget, but have noted it will take time to rectify the sector after years of underfunding.

Meetings are an essential part of business, and can be viewed as a positive tool for interaction by some and a waste of time for others. These tips will have you running effective meetings in no time.

As aged care workers remain hugely in demand across the sector, providers are competing with each other to hire valued frontline workers- and keep them! 

Despite the fact that it’s predicted around two-thirds of people living in aged care in Australia have dementia, and it was a recommendation of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety for aged care workers to have dementia training, aged care training currently does not involve a compulsory dementia education element.