Newsletter: 19 June 2024

Waiting lists for older people who need home care have blown out again. Twice as many people are now waiting for a Commonwealth Home Care Package as last year.

As COVID-19 cases in residential aged care hit an 18-month high, the Government released a communication toolkit to help providers and staff effectively convey the importance of vaccines.

Sex and intimacy in aged care are arguably very complex. What’s okay, what’s not, when is it crossing the line? OPAN is set to explore all this, and more, in an upcoming webinar, and panellist Catherine Barrett shared some early insights with hello leaders.

Aged care employers risk losing one-quarter of their support worker workforce over the next 12 months as new data published by Mable reveals that self-employed workers are far happier and have more choice and control over their lives.

Aged care is set up to support older people in their final years. It can’t adequately support younger people with ambitions, friends, goals and years of life to live.