Newsletter: 3 July 2024

Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care Anne Ruston has called on the current Federal Government to be more transparent and communicative with consumers, aged care providers and retirement living providers to ensure it gets aged care reform right.

The 2023 Retirement Census dropped today and while the headline shows that retirement villages offer affordable housing for older Australians, it also reveals that home care services are booming, keeping more residents independent for longer.

New analysis has revealed many Australian aged care residents are not receiving the levels of care they need and are entitled to.

After the inaugural conference picked up a well-deserved gong at the 2023 Australian Event Awards, ARIIA’s 2024 conference Facing the future: Living well, ageing well and dying well returns to Adelaide this week.

Four Western Australian aged care organisations have come together to sign an industry-first commitment to improving culturally appropriate services for Indigenous customers.