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The Final Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety stated “dementia care should be core business for aged care services, and particularly residential aged care services”.
Thirteen years after Tamar Krebs started working in the aged care industry, she introduced a care model that changed the face of dementia care in Australia forever. She’s been dedicated to this model, that puts people with dementia first, for the past 10 years. We put the spotlight on this powerful woman in business to tell her story.
A resident who pushed everyone away now hugs staff. A man who slept all day now talks about his fears. Whiddon’s RBC Enrich pilot shows what emotional connection does in dementia care, and what leaders must change to sustain it.
The 2026-27 Federal Budget delivers meaningful new investment in dementia care. But with 446,500 Australians currently living with dementia and the number set to more than double in four decades, aged care leaders say the funding still falls short of what the sector truly needs.
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