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• ‘Support at Home Program’ sparks industry to undertake a structural realignment
• “Be Brave”: First Nations Aged Care Commissioner aspires for change
• “Try harder” isn’t the solution to attracting more nurses into aged care
• ‘Big data’: a cheaper and cohesive plan to improve coordinated care?
• ‘It’s about commitment’: Board leadership sets the tone
• ‘Listen, engage and be involved’: The future of advance care planning
• ‘Seismic’ changes to industrial relations causing concern in sector
• “Sexuality is a human right”: Normalising sexuality in aged care
• $300 million investment creates a new retirement living partnership
• 120 days in hospital: A grandson’s eye-opening struggle for compassionate care
• 2023 marketing trends for aged care
• 2024 Budget responses prove the Government is yet to get it right
• 2024 NARI Annual Summit:‘Human rights are older people’s rights, too!’
• 24/7 RN exemption timeframe extended, changes made to funding supplements
• 5 leadership myths that lead to trouble
• 5 tips for running an effective meeting
• 5 years of financial loss: aged care at a glance
• 6 New Year’s resolutions for your business
• 70% of aged care facilities have been operating at a loss
• A Case of Déjà Vu As The Aged Care Act Hits Another Setback
• A false dawn: Fears Support at Home won’t solve home care’s problems
• A greener future: Resthaven’s bold move towards solar energy efficiency
• A new era: Aged Care Bill passes parliament
• A provider’s role in protecting residents during medication management
• A roadmap for technology: Need of the hour
• A roadmap to continuous improvement for Australian care providers
• A unique collaboration that benefits an entire spectrum of providers
• A young leader’s journey to becoming an award-winning service provider
• A young leader’s ambitions – from school to aged care
• ABS data reveals why 28% of the workforce has changed jobs
• Accenture secures another Gov contract as digital transformation costs balloon
• According to new Index, employees seek more emotional connection at work
• Accounting peak bodies label aged care funding “too complex”
• ACCPA calls on politicians to back Taskforce recommendations immediately
• ACCPA launches CHSP Advisory Hub to assist with Support at Home transition
• ACCPA launches Members’ Charter
• ACCPA’s Pre-Budget recommendations seek short and long-term stability
• ACH Group announces Linda Feldt as new CEO
• ACH Group announces new additions to Board
• ACH Group announces new Chair in aged care
• ACH Group lays the foundations for success with a fresh strategy
• ACN appoints experienced nursing leader as new CEO
• ACN terminates key executives after investigating financial irregularities
• Active listening and how to improve your skills
• Addressing the epidemic of staff shortages in the aged care industry
• Affordable housing investment brings a positive return for Baptcare
• After Signature Care’s sale, Graeme Croft looks to the future
• Aged care accommodation interest rate increases to 11-year high
• Aged Care Act delay continues with no formal bipartisan support
• Aged Care Act submission seeks stronger rights and protections for consumers
• Aged Care Act to be delayed, ACCPA supports staged rollout
• Aged Care Advisory Council concerned penalties could impact workforce supply
• Aged care assessment study pinpoints where improvement is needed
• Aged care asset management planning: Ensuring quality for older people
• Aged care barriers compromise intimacy, resident relationships
• Aged care chefs compete and champion texture-modified foods
• Aged Care Commission serves up food, nutrition and dining insights and issues
• Aged Care Design Principles to help, not hinder, sector
• Aged care design reimagined with groundbreaking possibilities
• Aged care innovation and improvement spur Government investments
• Aged care is set to change in 2025… Ready for the redesign?
• Aged care landscape shifts as more acquisitions are announced
• Aged Care Minister urges providers to “Hold up your end of the bargain”
• Aged care needs more than bigger wages to increase worker value
• Aged care pay concerns prompt government update
• Aged care provider selling up homes ahead of major sector changes
• Aged care receives a $2.2 billion Budget boost; Aged Care Act gets its start date
• Aged care reforms bring optimism – and uncertainty – to the sector
• Aged care trio recognised among Australia’s top inclusive employers
• Aged care workers could see 28% pay boost, indirect care workers left behind
• AI in aged care: A forward-looking perspective
• AIM Software has efficiency and data integrity in its sights to ease the burden on an industry stretched thin.
• AlayaCare announced as the official Lead Aged Care Transformation Partner for Australian Healthcare Week
• Albanese stands by aged care reforms as more providers signal closure
• Alexys International introduces new payment initiative for providers
• Allied health minutes enjoy unexpected growth in July
• Altura Learning appoints cybersecurity expert as its new CEO
• Altura Learning VET course strengthens aged care training options
• Ambitious redevelopment sets a standard for community engagement
• An engagement platform that evolves with your residents’ needs
• An insider look at the importance of hospitality, food and the dining experience
• AN-ACC funding model: hidden challenges that you may have overlooked
• AN-ACC’s hit-and-miss financial impact still inspires innovation, survey finds
• Anchor Excellence supports groundbreaking national research program on aged care workforce retention
• Anchor Excellence unveils new website and brand refresh
• Anglicare Australia research highlights the impact of excessive home care wait times
• Anglicare Southern Queensland turns to a new app to strengthen client engagement
• Anglicare Southern Queensland welcomes new Chief Operating Officer
• Anglicare Sydney signed Heads of Agreement for acquisition of most of Presbyterian Aged Care operations and assets
• Annual leave entitlements for your staff over the Christmas period
• Arcare joins BESTMED for medication management
• Are personality tests a useful recruitment tool?
• Are robots a promising dementia-related behaviours intervention?
• Are you an LGBTI inclusive provider?
• Are you providing a safe work environment?
• Are you ready to take a chance on new technologies?
• Are your long-term staff paying a loyalty tax?
• ARIIA adds experienced pair to its Board
• ARIIA announces final innovation webinars for 2024
• ARIIA announces sixth round of Grants Program recipients
• ARIIA receives $13 million funding boost
• ARIIA reveals its new CEO
• Art and architecture combine to create new opportunities for resident engagement
• Artwork’s impact on well-being to be explored at ICD2024
• As COVID-19 cases rise, Gov reinforces the importance of education
• As trends change, residents want more from retirement living
• Asset management: A tool that helps maintain aged care homes and its residents
• Attracting a younger generation of staff with new-age mediums
• Aussie CEO and dementia care tech pioneer awarded global fellowship
• Aussie workplaces urged to proactively support employees
• Australia establishes global ties in Vietnam, Ghana and India for ‘Decade of Healthy Ageing’
• Australia is in need of specialist dementia facilities
• Australia needs to “turbo-charge” international recruitment
• Australia should be world-leading in aged care
• Australia’s new Age Discrimination Commissioner is announced
• Australian banking trio support major aged care acquisition 
• Australian healthcare workers to publicly mourn job losses in Canberra on Thursday
• Australian research finds quality of care is below par half the time
• Australian Unity achieves industry-first portfolio NABERS Energy and Water Ratings for 26 aged care properties
• Australians urged to speak up over the taboo topic of death and dying
• Automation equals efficiency: How home care can reduce their accounts payable admin burden
• Aveo comes out on top in class action settlement
• Aveo offloads South Australian villages ahead of expected $3.5 billion sale
• Baby Boomers to Gen Alpha: Generational trends impacting aged care 
• Back-to-back sales shake up NSW aged care scene
• Balancing tech investments with person-centred care
• Baptist Care Australia reveals its new CEO
• BaptistCare, Baptcare and Baptist Care SA merger set to shake up aged care’s hierarchy 
• Barossa Village eyes off major development with funding application
• Barwon Health steps up to provide specialist dementia care
• Being a CEO and a mum: a woman’s journey in business
• Being culturally sensitive during the holidays
• Benetas Expands CHSP services throughout Gippsland and Rural North West Victoria
• BESTMED enlists families to improve medication management
• BESTMED welcomes the focus on medication management
• Better brie-lieve it: Increasing dairy in aged care is achievable and affordable
• Better Outcomes spotlights the impact of AI and new technology
• Big reputation, big reputation: Embracing reviews
• Big spending on the Maggie Beer Foundation serves up disappointing outcomes
• BISA Connect Student Clinic offering free services for people with ABI
• Blue Care to Close Aged Care Facility in Bundaberg
• BlueCross brings dementia specialist Teepa Snow to Melbourne
• BlueCross sale strengthens Opal HealthCare’s Victorian presence
• Bond over brekky with your team
• Breaking down psychosocial hazards in the workplace
• Breaking news: Aged Care Act deal done, reports say
• Breaking the cycle of a doom loop at work
• Breaking Through Financial Barriers: How Health Generation’s unique approach unlocks $1,000,000 in aged care funding
• Bridging borders: Sydney aged care home empowers Nepalese recruitment
• Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Aged Care
• Bring balance into your life by setting positive work boundaries
• Bringing joy and laughter to dementia care in the home
• Budget delivers welcomed funding for aged care
• Budget helps rewrite ‘doom and gloom’ aged care narrative
• Budget promising to fix the crisis in aged care
• Building a strong and cohesive team
• Building connections through gardening
• Building connections: Silverchain launches new Reconciliation Action Plan 
• Building sustainable and green aged care facilities
• Burnt out leaders chase new horizons to rekindle lost passion
• Busting three HR myths to improve your workplace impact
• Calls for Fair Work to reward non-care staff with pay boost grow louder
• Calls for home care reforms to be fast-tracked as wait times balloon
• Calls for Increased Mental Health Assistance for Aged Care Residents
• Calvary Kooyong precinct’s connected care enhanced by new GP clinic 
• Calvary taps into the international workforce to boost regional care
• Calvary teams up with Salesforce to deliver digitisation journey
• Can embedded palliative care training prevent hospitalisation rates from skyrocketing?
• Can reusable incontinence products solve a major waste problem?
• Can the aged care sector lead the way to a gender balance in CEOs?
• Can the efficiencies of implementing an HRIS be realised if managers don’t like it? 
• Can the new Aged Care Act balance consumer and human rights?
• Care Coordination expansion reduces unnecessary hospital presentations
• Care minute compliance: No easy feat ahead of October deadline
• Care minute exclusion of Enrolled Nurses could hurt workforce sustainability
• Care minutes bounce back as concerning reclassification trend emerges, Mirus reports
• Care minutes dip as audits expose ineligible provider practices 
• Care minutes shock: Gov announces reduced funding for target failure
• Care minutes targets remain out of reach for two-thirds of facilities
• Care versus compliance: What is the cost?
• Casual or part-time employees? What to consider
• Catholic Health Aus says insurance should cover hospital care at home
• Catholic Health Australia recommends 2026 Support at Home implementation
• Catholic Homes opens newest residence in Perth
• Census reveals that home care services in retirement villages are booming
• Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what we know so far
• Changes galore: Aged Care Act differences
• Changing resident needs mark the end of era for Toorak aged care home
• China focuses on technology to solve a familiar aged care problem
• China’s ageing population makes valuable investment gap for Aussie investors
• City of Sydney to transform car park into aged care site
• Clear skies ahead as Carinity announces new CEO
• Clinical software integration faces challenges, but opportunities are on the horizon
• Clouded with uncertainty: Providers show mixed confidence levels over aged care reform
• Code of Conduct headlines a raft of new legislation
• Commission collaboration: Providers want clarity, not regulatory shocks
• Commission reduces reliance on consultants after staggering rejection rate revealed
• Commission remains focused on care minute non-compliance
• Commission speaks on the impact of non-compliance on star ratings
• CommonAge launches Dementia in the Commonwealth report
• Communication & inclusiveness to drive service excellence in aged care & NDIS
• Community understanding is at the heart of dementia awareness
• Community, connection and technology: ARIIA Day 1 highlights
• Compliance rates take a dip after performance peak
• Compliance v Care: Providers hope to avoid a culture of form-filling
• Concerns raised over consultancy firms assisting aged care providers
• Confidence levels vary in care minute data management and AN-ACC transition, says Mirus Australia
• Conflict of interest revelation highlights close ties in aged care auditing
• Consortium wins grant to study the use of world-first sensor technology platform in residential aged care fall prevention
• Consultation leads to further Aged Care Quality Standards changes
• Consultation period for the new Aged Care Act extended
• Consumer perspectives embraced as preparation begins for home care reforms 
• Consumers and industry have opposing views on user-friendliness, report finds
• Contract conundrums: Unpacking the fine print of retirement villages
• Core themes of living and dying well explored: ARIIA Day 2 highlights
• Corporate myths still impact women despite increasing leadership representation
• Could chatbots have a positive impact on website visitors?
• Could success with a 24/7 RN exemption lead to mandate changes?
• Could Victoria’s gas supply ruling spark aged care change?
• Councils seek more support for Aged Care Act transition
• Count them in: Aged care leaders share their wisdom on International Women’s Day
• Creating a healthy work environment
• Creating a new vision: Putting the person first through a Person Directed Care approach
• Creating a safe and stylish common area
• Creating great work teams and departments
• Creating inclusive communities for people living with dementia
• Critic or supporter? How the sector has responded to the Aged Care Bill
• Crucial aged care skills AI can’t replace
• Crucial data insights that will ensure you’re well-funded for the care you’re delivering
• Crucial steps for stronger Indigenous cultural awareness in the workplace
• Cultivate a positive company culture with performance management
• Culture shift: What has to change to overcome employment barriers
• Cyber hack wake-up call: How can you protect your client data?
• CYBER SECURITY BREACHES – a 21st century phenomenon that should concern us all
• Data mistake leads to Govt publishing inaccurate care minute targets
• Data spotlights profitability divide between for-profit and not-for-profit providers
• Data-driven insights necessary for better continuity of care
• Day 1 recap: International Dementia Conference
• DCA’s final call for RISE Project participants
• Decision to scrap COVID-19 isolation “disappointing” for aged care providers
• Delayed approvals and poor planning: Report card shows we’re not retirement ready
• Dementia Australia launches impactful courses to guide emerging leaders
• Dementia Australia’s new CEO ushers in the next chapter
• Dementia care: Is your organisation ready to meet the strengthened Quality Standards?
• Dementia education is key to providing quality care
• Dementia leaders training program aspires for practical change
• Dementia’s impact on older Australians remains significant, report finds
• Democratic leadership: Three examples of success to learn from
• Department of Health and Aged Care gains new cyber security leader
• Department of Health calls for provider input on proposed staffing quality indicators
• Designing for joy – 5 ways to make aged care more dementia friendly
• Dietitians advocate for measuring malnutrition risk
• Digging into the features of the new Aged Care Act
• Digital maturity benchmarks in aged care highlight growth opportunities
• Direct care costs set to hinder financial progress, StewartBrown reports
• Do COVID-19 and flu vaccinations need to be enforced?
• Do you have the WOW FACTOR? Become an Employer of Choice
• Do you want to introduce pets in the office? Use this checklist to prepare
• Does aged care data collection require some pause and reflection?
• Does AI technology hold the answer to increasing workforce retention?
• Dollars to Care tool highlights new information for consumers on My Aged Care
• Don’t lose customers on bad website design
• Dual-promotion: How to avoid bragging at work
• Early adopters of AI in aged care are already seeing its impact
• Early adopters of on-site pharmacists highlight the full potential
• Early insights: 14 day Star Ratings preview period is now open
• Eating with our senses: rethinking texture-modified foods
• ECH brings in a fresh face to lead home care services
• Effective changes that can lead to good governance in aged care
• Elder abuse incidents feel like aged care’s version of ‘Groundhog Day’
• Elevating aged care leaders: The case for mentoring and coaching
• Embracing innovation: How clinical systems transform medication management in aged care
• Embracing social media: Which platforms are relevant for aged care?
• Emerging leadership styles breaking traditional leadership moulds
• Employee engagement takes a hit when abusive leadership is on display
• Employees must be asked to work public holidays per Federal Court ruling
• Employees want cultural diversity to be prioritised more at work
• Empower your staff to help you by becoming intuitive and confident with personal leadership
• Empowering excellence: The MyVista journey with QPS Benchmarking
• Empowering residents’ voices: Key to transformation in aged care
• EN contribution deserves to be recognised in care minute totals
• Encouraging the future of young leaders
• Enhancing aged care facilities: Benefits of app-based tech in facility management services
• Enhancing aged care through expert consulting: Navigating challenges and innovations
• Enjoying her stay: How retirement living inspired a career change
• Equality at the top: Supporting women in leadership
• Equality is key to attracting women to leadership positions
• Exceeding quality standards at Good Shepherd lodge
• Expenses continue to impact providers, reports StewartBrown
• Experts support artificial intelligence in aged care but warn to tread carefully
• Exposure draft of the new Aged Care Act released, Govt seeks provider feedback
• Falls prevention is the knockout blow to concussion issues in aged care
• Fast-tracked approval awarded to Newcastle aged care and retirement development
• Federal opposition calls for greater transparency over Aged Care Act delays
• Feedback requested for aged care’s Inspector-General Bill
• Female CEOs face the glass cliff as research highlights shorter tenure than men
• Female representation: A driving force behind next-generation inspiration
• FicusBridge and Insights42 merger ‘an obvious choice’ for its leaders
• Final draft of the strengthened Quality Standards refines key elements
• Financial benchmarking explained and why it’s important for your business
• Financial reporting requirements cause fatigue in aged care
• First Green House care model facility to open in Australia
• Five aged care worker stressors and what to do about them
• Five benefits of management training
• Five benefits when providing customer service training before EOFY
• Five dysfunctions of a team and how to overcome them as a leader
• Five ways to help manage your team’s mental health
• Flexible work models linked to higher revenue growth, claims The Flex Index
• Food, nutrition and the Quality Standards
• Former Hospital Site to be Transformed into Aged Care Precinct
• Four key strategies to improve employee well-being for best-in-class patient care
• Four reasons why you should train your sales team this EOFY
• Four signs of a positive sales pitch
• Four steps to help you master the art of saying no
• Four ways technology can improve home care
• Four ways to overcome your leadership hurdles
• Four ways to reignite your team’s creative spark
• From hello to handover: A comprehensive guide to setting up a new laundry
• From kitchen hand to peak body Board member: A journey towards change
• Funding boost will accelerate leadership development for women in healthcare
• Funding crisis could worsen aged care bed shortfall
• Future leadership skills to look for today
• Global education partnership targets Australian nursing workforce growth
• Going digital – how to eliminate paper from your business
• Google Analytics is essential for your marketing strategies
• Google Cloud partnership improves data management for Health and Aged Care
• Gov announces changes to Support at Home pricing arrangements
• Gov announces that Enrolled Nurse care minutes can be included in RN targets
• Gov funding in SA aims to ease the burden on aged care and hospitals
• Gov invests $250 million to help regional, rural and remote aged care
• Gov launches new Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy
• Gov report praises advocacy impact despite residential aged care barriers
• Gov says providers must ‘act now’ over low COVID-19 vaccination rates
• Gov warns providers over COVID-19 vaccination rates
• Government and providers urged to collaborate more on dementia education
• Government announces extra aged care funding, home care rollout delays
• Government begins public consultation on new Aged Care Act
• Government commits to Quality and Safety Commission improvements
• Government data analyses how location impacts dementia care access
• Government funding breakdown: Budget will offer crucial support
• Government intervenes to support Enrolled Nurses
• Government reveals AN-ACC changes to fund higher staff wages 
• Government sifts through sector responses to Aged Care Code of Conduct draft
• Government-subsidised exercise classes could grow fitness engagement
• Govt clarifies responsibilities for health care delivery among aged care recipients
• Govt introduces new features to GPMS and Aged Care Gateway systems
• Govt reaffirms Taskforce recommendation release has not been delayed 
• Govt releases Home Care Workforce Support Program survey for providers and employees 
• GPs incentivised to register aged care patients, but is it enough to increase access?
• Graduate nurse exchange program opens up new horizons
• Growth funding grants launch for CHSP providers
• Growth, expansion and reform leads to a new era for Proveda
• Have the recent palliative care investments gone far enough for aged care?
• Have your say on the implementation of Royal Commission recommendations 
• Have your say: Provider feedback on strengthened Quality Standards requested
• Having difficult conversations at work
• Health and Aged Care bombarded by Senate questions, over 900 unanswered since October
• Health and Climate Strategy calls for a climate-resilient aged care sector
• Health, community and well-being are driving forces for ACH Group 
• Healthcare Workers gather to Mourn Job Losses
• Healthcare’s AI scepticism overshadowed by its fear of missing out
• Hello Leaders is igniting the spark in aged care
• Helping hand: Gov establishes an Aged Care Transition Taskforce 
• Here’s how aged care’s workforce has changed since 2020
• HESTA Excellence Award nominees gear up for 2024 ceremony
• High demand for community connection drives retirement living expansion
• High reliability, accepting failure and the road to compliance
• Highlighting the role of Inspector General for Aged Care
• Hire or fire? How about internally reshuffling staff?
• Hits and misses: Where the Department of Health and Aged Care fell short
• Holistic care: A comprehensive approach to well-being in the aged care sector
• Home care challenges in the spotlight ahead of first-ever dedicated conference
• Home care focus can meet the baby boomer ‘freight train’
• Home care providers are a key element in protecting older women from violence
• Home care providers hindered by communication issues, Commission reports
• Home care wait times could be published more often for increased transparency
• How a desire to help the community saved a Byron Bay aged care home
• How admin efficiency affords more one-to-one care time
• How an innovative approach to ways of working transformed Lumary’s productivity
• How can the customer lifetime value help aged care marketing?
• How can you ensure dignity during end-of-life care?
• How changes to whistleblower protections will influence aged care
• How collaboration can transform dementia care in your organisation
• How did residential aged care go from hot to not as an investment option?
• How different generations deal with feedback
• How is AI transforming HR?
• How Lite n’ Easy plan for the future of the aged care sector
• How multidisciplinary care results in better quality of life
• How personal experience with dementia is inspiring retirement living changes
• How philanthropy and ESG considerations can benefit aged care
• How regular contact can combat remote worker isolation
• How relationships and history are building a dementia-friendly future
• How strengthening racial literacy can improve workplace inclusion
• How technology is transforming healthcare accessibility and delivery
• How the Adelaide Hills became a backdrop for aged care growth and investment
• How these mumpreneurs became bosses of their own time
• How to ace the onboarding process with your employees
• How to be culturally aware as a team leader
• How to boost your cultural intelligence
• How to conduct a successful group interview
• How to create a lively environment in your office space
• How to create an effective feedback culture
• How to create positive change through performance reviews
• How to embrace lifelong learning
• How to lead a team as an inexperienced manager
• How to make the aged care application process easier for consumers
• How to make the most of your super savings
• How to make the work commute more enjoyable
• How to make your business stand out against the competition
• How to recruit overseas workers
• How to retain your top managers
• How to spot emerging leaders in your organisation
• How to support an employee’s right to disconnect from work
• How to support an underperforming employee
• How to turn passion for aged care into a business
• How to utilise your EOFY budget
• How Uniting NSW.ACT’s data-driven approach to workforce management and planning fuelled sustainable growth
• How will Australia’s diverse population influence aged care?
• How you can help your employees strengthen their financial well-being
• How young leaders can overcome imposter syndrome
• Ian Yates identifies missed key element in Taskforce recommendations
• If one in three desks are empty, are we using office spaces effectively?
• IHACPA calls for feedback to inform Support at Home pricing
• IHACPA releases residential aged care pricing advice
• IHACPA seeks feedback for 2025-26 pricing framework
• Immersive virtual reality dementia learning offers de-escalation training
• Important steps for ongoing LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Improving board governance with compliance technology
• Improving food delivery in aged care
• Improving residents’ lives through good interior design
• Improving your emotional intelligence as a leader
• In this changing landscape, what could the future of aged care look like?
• In-home care provider fills gaps as councils exit aged care
• In-house or agency marketing: Pros and cons
• Inclusive and flexible workplaces provide a positive mental health impact
• Incoming ACCPA CEO set to work on trust and reform in sector
• Incorporating more technology into your service or facility
• Increase in dairy consumption a win-win for both healthy bones and the economy
• Increase your knowledge of AI with these three training courses
• Increased aged care pay rise is a step in the right direction
• Industry giants announce leadership changes
• Industry leaders say the budget ignores key areas for improvement
• Industry leaders slam AN-ACC funding: “It’s not working at all”
• Infinite Care’s Melbourne expansion continues with ready-made purchase
• Innovation and disruption need to underpin Budget funding success
• Innovative aged care projects receive funding boost
• Innovative alliance takes a unified approach to aged care training
• Innovative collaboration seals commitment to improve Indigenous aged care
• Innovative processes deliver optimised care for your home care clients
• Input requested to help improve aged care for First Nations people
• INS LifeGuard: Redefining Emergency Response with Healthcare Expertise
• Inspector-General labels new Aged Care Act elements “largely aspirational”
• Inspector-General releases milestone Royal Commission Progress Report
• Integrated care sectors a focus in new Mental Health Workforce Strategy
• Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner revealed
• Introducing Hello Leaders…
• Investing in the future of your business
• Is a unified care economy aged care’s future?
• Is Australia’s future aged care workforce international?
• Is it too soon to prepare for Taskforce-inspired reforms?
• Is it too soon to prepare for the unknown in aged care’s reform journey?
• Is retirement living the cure for Australia’s housing crisis?
• Is staff retention your top priority?
• Is the AN-ACC price hike a sustainable solution for providers?
• Is the food and nutrition hotline a costly solution?
• Is the four-day work week the next big thing for aged care?
• Is the household model of care truly the future of aged care?
• Is your body clock impacting daily productivity?
• Is your laundry working well?
• Juniper Aged Care experiences positive growth, Annual Report reveals
• Keep your workplace safe: Help stop the spread of germs
• Keeping it local: Blending residential care with community
• Keeping on top of your Quality Indicator reporting
• Key metrics to track in aged care maintenance and asset management
• Key steps to developing a successful hybrid workplace policy
• Kids and business: a successful juggling act for mumpreneurs
• Kindness Unwrapped: New partnership brings free gifts, experiences to aged care residents
• Latest COVID-19 wave brings back mask mandates and vaccination calls
• LDK Seniors’ Living announces growth path with investment from Anglicare
• Leaders vs managers: are you doing the right thing, or doing things right?
• Leaders vs Managers: What’s the difference – and does it matter?
• Leadership barriers continue to impact women from diverse backgrounds
• Leadership buy-in necessary for a speak-up culture against sexual discrimination
• Leadership change at ACWIC
• Leading and motivating a team through change
• Leading your team through catastrophic weather events
• Lifting the burden on our aged care staff
• Lingering concerns over conflicts of interest impact aged care auditor PwC
• Lite n’ Easy can help fill the gaps in your clients’ diet
• Liz Hefren-Webb appointed Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner
• Local purchase helps Barossa Village unlock project’s full potential
• Loneliness is both a state and a feeling
• Lonely no more: The dementia expert bridging the care divide
• Lumary welcomes Jason Collins as Senior Vice President of Strategic Corporate
• Machine learning aims to transform falls prediction in aged care
• Maintaining a strong workforce through innovative strategies
• Major development looms after SCC Queensland secures second north Brisbane site
• Major grant awarded to implement new technology to improve home care for older Australians
• Major investment organisation signposts aged care focus with latest takeover
• Make a better space for people living with dementia
• Making room for retirement living homes: potential for profit not liability
• Malnutrition in aged care isn’t a problem to be swept under the rug
• Management woes? How to overcome the Peter Principle
• Managing workplace disputes
• Mandatory advisory bodies for approved providers: A smarter approach by The Ideal Consultancy
• Mandatory qualifications would strengthen aged care worker professionalism, report states
• Meet Huy Nguyen: the entrepreneur revolutionizing support worker training and promoting inclusivity
• Meet the providers rating five stars
• Mental health training: an essential skill
• MercyCare launches fifth aged care home, embraces Care Companion worker model
• Messaging must improve to promote allied health’s value in aged care
• Middle management roles have evolved, now’s the time to embrace them
• Mike Baird announces his HammondCare CEO tenure will end in 2024
• Minister Butler defends ‘very complicated’ co-contributions on air
• Minister Wells calls out “disappointing” provider care minute results
• Mirus reveals a major care minute milestone is surpassed despite falling RN minutes
• Mission Australia celebrates the 10th anniversary of homelessness aged care facility
• Mixed reactions take the shine off the latest aged care pay rise decision
• Modern technology offers a new solution to malnutrition
• Money trail: New Gov report details aged care spending and growth
• Monique Reynolds appointed CEO of Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT
• More consumer communication equals learning opportunities for providers
• More time needed: Peak body seeks aged care pay rise delay
• Most aged care homes are falling short of minimum care standards – new report
• Motivated by dignity, dementia care receives a holistic approach
• Motivational ways to overcome the mid-year slump
• Moyne Shire Council reverses the trend, will continue to provide aged care services
• NARI Annual Summit puts human rights under the spotlight
• National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program expanded
• National Dementia Action Plan delivers long-term outlook
• National residential aged care home telehealth training program launched
• National Symposium brings advance care planning to the fore
• Nature’s gift: Bringing aged care to life with gardens
• Naughty or nice? How to help your organisation survive its end-of-year work party
• Navigating challenges in aged care: Innovative funding and workforce solutions
• Navigating design aesthetics for an older audience
• Navigating the aged care landscape: New requirements for consumer advisory bodies
• New Community Vision CEO Delivers Advice for Female Leaders
• New guide offers tips for supporting a diverse aged care workforce
• New HammondCare CEO announcement signposts the next era
• New legislation prioritises workers’ mental health, but how will providers comply?
• New National Seniors Australia CEO eyes off stronger Govt influence
• New partnership will support providers with mandatory NQIP requirements
• New quality indicators: Will lifestyle care minutes add to your reporting headache?
• New report explores the role of marketing in aged care’s future
• New report reveals employees want more learning opportunities
• New report suggests retirement living growth could save aged care billions
• New research identifies 2023 trends for enhancing the employee experience
• New residential aged care design challenges the status quo
• New Support at Home details reveal co-contribution cut-off date
• Newly launched learning hub strengthens workforce engagement
• Next generation technology to be highlighted at ACCPA National Conference
• No awkward conversations: OPAN’s ready to talk about sex in aged care
• No more waiting: Aged Care Act introduced to Parliament
• No relief in sight: Government predicts daunting nursing shortage
• No time to rest: Aged Care Taskforce remains committed to change
• Now or Never? Aged Care Act details threaten to derail reform
• NSW Gov enlists community group for new aged care project
• Nurses share their thoughts on technology and end-of-life care
• Nursing telehealth counselling service offers ongoing support and care
• Occupational therapy framework underpins renewed allied health focus
• Offering end of life support as part of home care is important – but may face some challenges
• Office building redevelopment an inspired choice for vertical aged care living
• Older taste testers put celebrity chef in the hot seat
• Ombudsman warning: Star ratings could mislead older people
• One-third of aged care employees want to leave, citing increased demands and regulatory burden
• Only a third of employees are happy to travel for work again
• OPAN report highlights areas of improvement for aged care providers
• OPAN’s Presenting Issues delivers a sense of déjà vu for aged care providers
• Opinion: Aged care sector needs a leader and commitment
• Opinion: How to become an employer of choice in today’s tumultuous worker market
• Opinion: Navigating Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives in Aged Care
• Opinion: Safety vs Rights – new Aged Care Act in danger of unintended consequences
• Opinion: The demise of Australian residential aged care
• Opinion: Time to shift the conversation
• Opinion: Why some five-star aged care homes are the worst in the country
• Opinion: With a new Aged Care Act in the wings, some important concerns are at stake
• Opposition still seeks to tweak new Aged Care Act
• Organisations need to unlock change to improve workplace disability inclusion
• Our research shows 4 in 10 Australians in aged care are malnourished. What can we do about it?
• Outgoing Dementia Australia CEO reflects on her time at the helm
• Packing nutritional value into every bite: The Pure Food Co delivers quality meals
• Paid to learn: Nurses receive major prac placement support
• Palliative Care Australia seeks more aged care input for survey
• Palliative care provides positive end-of-life experience
• PALM Scheme brings a fresh wave of support for regional aged care
• Parliament to plate: The Aged Care Act’s influence on meals
• Partnerships drive better services for our Elders
• Pat Sparrow: A woman on a mission to amplify the voices of older Australians
• Paving her own path with care and passion
• Pay rise a promising first step but further increase needed
• Pay rise procrastination mounts pressure on providers
• Pay rise shock: Gov proposes 3 year phase-in timeline
• Pay rise uncertainty continues for aged care nurses despite latest FWC decision
• Payments for sexual abuse survivors won’t impact aged care fees
• Peer leadership traits every emerging leader should posses
• Permanent Inspector-General of Aged Care revealed
• Person-centred approach key to long lasting care
• Person-centred care in hospitals may reduce dementia decline, research finds
• Personal development courses to benefit your work and home life
• Personalised approach to care gains momentum amid workforce shortages
• Pillars of excellence: The podcast exploring pathways to success
• Pioneering aged care site ready for its latest redevelopment
• Playing it safe: study finds recruiters shy away from ethnic minorities as leaders
• Political stand-off continues over critical Aged Care Act features
• Poor passwords leave workers at risk of phishing attacks
• Positive steps to avoiding assertive leadership pitfalls
• Practical strategies could unlock a workforce of 110,000 skilled jobseekers with disability
• Prevention strategies achieve falls reduction success
• Princes Court’s new CEO embraces growth challenges
• Privacy Act changes present another significant hurdle for aged care
• Professional development for delivering culturally appropriate care
• Professor Jenny May named as new National Rural Health Commissioner
• Profiling the new members of the Council of Elders
• Protecting older people from RSV Outbreaks
• Provider insight: Breaking down the in-home care reform timeline
• Provider insight: Breaking down the new regulatory model
• Provider insight: Gov releases helpful resources for training and support
• Provider insight: Govt answers your Support at Home questions
• Provider insight: How consumer co-contributions benefit aged care
• Provider profitability stabilises but residential care outstrips home care return 
• Providers achieve care minutes consistency but challenges remain
• Providers face getting left behind despite key budget investments
• Providers fighting for nurses with higher care minute targets just weeks away
• Providers made to back pay workers who RAT tested off the clock?
• Providers must understand the needs of Stolen Generations survivors with dementia
• Providers to avoid financial penalties for missing care minute requirements
• Providers want assurance that aged care star ratings will work for everyone
• Providers with low vaccination rates to receive unannounced visits
• Providers’ top three care minute constraints: industry analysis
• Providing nutrition and choice for your residents
• Putting the person first in a regulation-heavy sector 
• QI program officially adds 3 new residential care staffing quality indicators
• QI Program progress stalls: Trends revealed in annual report
• Quality and Safety Commissioner confirms consultancy reports were rejected
• Quality conversations fix advance care planning misinterpretations
• Quality indicator fail: “Awful” survey tool overshadows the home care QI pilot 
• Quality Indicator Program extended: expands into Home Care, 6 new indicators
• Quality of life vulnerable due to weak Aged Care Act definitions
• Quality television: a way of keeping your residents entertained and educated
• Quarterly performance: Compliance remains strong as SIRS notifications rise
• Queensland provider expands in-house training to address workforce gaps
• Questions to ask when recruiting a new CEO
• Quiet cutting could be hurting employers more than they know
• Rebranding 101: Give your company a facelift while maintaining brand identity
• Redland City welcomes new 5-star aged care residence
• Reducing the risk of workplace psychosocial hazards
• Refining the hybrid work model for employee engagement
• Regional aged care growth requires one eye on the future
• Regional providers fear the cost of aged care reform could be too high
• Regis Aged Care continues expansion with Village Glen acquisition
• Regis Birkdale honours mothers with luxurious spa sessions
• Remote WA aged care facility achieves long-term staffing stability through vital partnership
• Renewable energy breathes new life into electric appliances
• Renewable energy deal a major step towards net zero for BaptistCare
• Research finds community engagement is both a challenge and a solution
• Research to begin on the critical topic of First Nations workplace inclusion 
• Researchers call on employers to reduce the risk of falls in older female workers
• Resident satisfaction rises despite food and staffing shortage concerns
• Residential care providers continue to operate at a loss despite marginal growth
• Residents at risk of UTI complications as aged care antibiotic resistance increases
• Resources to help develop nurse leadership skills
• Resthaven executive Tina Cooper celebrates her retirement
• Resthaven’s developing the dining experience for residents
• Retirement living leaders ready to adapt as modern demands evolve
• Retirement marks a new beginning in the career journey for CEO Norah Barlow
• Retirement planning: How to support staff ending their career
• RFBI tackles workforce challenges head-on with successful recruitment initiatives
• RLC life membership announcements usher in early conference celebrations 
• RLC says retirement living can play a key role in home care reform
• RN exemptions may not help small providers face mounting pressure
• Robots in aged care: the future is now
• Royal Freemasons transfers two homes to Respect as its aged care footprint shrinks
• Rural council pleads for Federal help as it loses $400,000 per annum in aged care
• SA Government seeks solutions for aged care patients stuck in hospital
• SA Police launch an unlikely pursuit with dedicated home care service
• Safe spaces a necessity for LGBTI elders to avoid opting out of aged care
• Safer, easier, better medication management for Home Care
• Safety at home with a human touch is the solution to the challenges of an ageing population.
• Sassy, intelligent and empathetic: Why Abi the robot will be everyone’s bestie
• School’s in: Quirindi Care Services collaborates with local high school 
• Science, technology and AI combine as lifelong learning is embraced
• SDCP investment underpins Anglicare Southern Queensland’s success
• Searching for a new model of care, this provider adopted the Montessori approach
• Sector compliance a mixed bag as residential and home care results vary
• Sector profitability holds steady as labour expenses keep growing
• Self-employment and self-management are on the rise in aged care
• Senate approval another milestone for the new Aged Care Bill
• Senate Standing Committee recommends Aged Care Bill be passed
• SEO basics to help guide you to website success
• Seven myths about C-level executives that need busting
• Seven myths about cultural awareness
• Shades of grey: VR training explores the layers of dementia behaviours
• Shadow Minister calls for Government transparency over aged care reforms
• Should aged care leaders spend more time on the floor?
• Should managers keep a workplace friendship?
• Should wealthier older Australians pay more for aged care services?
• Silverchain’s LGBTQI+ inclusion commitment a shining example for staff
• Sitting or lifting? Doesn’t matter, workplace injuries are just as impactful
• Six beneficial ways to learn from failure
• Six steps to become a more effective listener
• Six steps to becoming a humble leader
• Skills audits: Why they’re important for your business
• Skills v Traits: making the right hiring decisions
• Small household model of care gains popularity for healthy ageing
• Small rural towns face the greatest nursing shortfalls, research finds
• Small steps have a big impact when prioritising self-care
• Software vendors embracing interoperability through collaboration
• South Australia takes the lead in becoming a dementia-friendly state
• Speak now: How you can re-engage your quiet or loud quitters
• St Andrew’s finds the right balance with growth and refinement
• Stakeholders disappointed in Government’s aged care pay rise delay
• Stakeholders identify key issues in the new Aged Care Act
• Star Ratings system fails to properly report red flags: Report finds
• Start building future leaders today through leadership programs
• Starting your own home care business
• Steps for improving staff safety from workplace sexual harassment
• Steps to building a fabulous facility garden space
• Steps to meeting the need of culturally diverse residents and staff
• Steps to support team members as they become team leaders
• StewartBrown reports a positive financial turnaround amid ongoing challenges
• Streamlining retirement village maintenance through the Log-It app
• Strengthening your workforce’s linguistic diversity
• Stronger Quality Standards equals a new grading system for compliance
• Summit puts catering for seniors in the spotlight
• Superannuation boost: Govt-funded parental leave to attract super from 2025 
• Superannuation changes you must prepare for as a business
• Support at Home: Navigating the admin tightrope amidst care reforms
• Supporting a highly sensitive person at work
• Supporting healthy diets in the workplace
• Survey assessing food quality in aged care launched
• Sustainability strategies for the Support at Home transition and beyond
• Sustainable and therapeutic: The perfect two-in-one for your aged care home
• Sustainable operations make an impact at Anglicare Southern Queensland
• SwanCare CEO announces retirement after 19 years
• Tackling middle management team burnout
• Take the lead in aged care’s digital transformation journey
• Taken on a new leadership role? Now what?
• Taking the guesswork out of marketing with data
• Taking the initiative: A modern approach to workplace mental injuries
• Tamar Krebs: Devoted to doing dementia differently
• Taskforce recommendations flag areas of importance, Govt remains quiet on commitment
• Taskforce recommendations receive a warm reception, further clarification needed
• Taskforce touches on sustainability and the future of reforms
• Tax tips to help small business owners stay organised
• Teaching an old aged care system new tricks about healthy ageing
• Team bonding activities for your staff during winter
• Teamwork and innovation: A revolution in aged care data management
• Tech implementation framework offers home care providers practical help
• Technology and innovation combine in ACCPA and ACIITC merger
• Technology usage is on the rise for over 65s, and so are the risks
• Telehealth can deliver better physio care but Government funding is essential
• Telehealth software provider Coviu names new CEO as Co-Founder steps down
• Television content delivers activities and shared experiences in aged care
• Ten key skills every leader should have
• The ‘Seismic Shift’ in aged care and how to navigate the 24/7 staffing mandate
• The Aged Care Act’s delay is a timely win for providers, but is everyone happy?
• The art of storytelling, vital for employee retention
• The benefit of women in leadership roles
• The dementia debate ignited by a Whopper burger 
• The devil is in the details: AN-ACC funding changes and complexities
• The four steps to implementing a successful asset management plan
• The future of aged care is up for discussion as ARIIA’s marquee event returns
• The Government is not on track to get every younger person out of aged care by next year. What now?
• The great burnout: 50% of workers feel exhausted on the job
• The importance of ‘home-like’ comforts in your facility
• The key to best practice in aged care delivery
• The Magic Faraway Tree and other aged care bedtime stories
• The march towards de-institutionalisation of residential aged care
• The only way is up for Odyssey Robina’s newest development
• The pioneer’s journey: How Dr Caroline Lee and her team made tech accessible for the care industry
• The pros and cons of micromanagement
• The Pure Food Co takes out international food innovation award
• The role of hospitality in aged care
• The saga of Enrolled Nurses and care minute targets
• The wonder of aged care could be a surprising recruitment strategy
• The year that was: Anglicare Southern Queensland CEO Sue Cooke reflects on 2024
• Three demographic trends to watch out for in aged care
• Three professional development courses focused on disability and ageing
• Three unique courses aged care workers can benefit from
• Tick Tock: Are the new Quality Standards going to be released on time?
• Tight-loose-tight: A balanced management strategy
• Time to give Supported Employment the Pub Test
• Tiny Taralga receives an essential Government grant
• Tips for attracting and leading Gen Z in the aged care workforce
• Tips for improving your complaints handling process
• Tips for safeguarding employee well-being during the festive season
• Tips to help leaders build a thriving, mental health-friendly workplace
• Tips to overcome toxic workplace culture
• To push or pull? Perfecting your management style
• Tom Symondson takes the reins of ACCPA
• Too many Australians are waiting for a home care package. Here’s how to fix the delays
• Top aged care complaints revealed as the Commission gives providers new insight
• Top concerns over the new Aged Care Act revealed
• Top courses to strengthen staff knowledge of person-centred care
• Top of the pops: Resparke founder proud to be a hit with residents
• Top professional development programs for dementia care
• Top professional development programs on palliative and end-of-life care
• Top questions to ask during an exit interview
• Top tips for a successful recruitment process
• Topics to avoid when interviewing prospective employees
• Transformational vs. Transactional leadership: Which style is best?
• Transforming aged care facilities: Your pathway to compliance and excellence
• Transforming the capability of the dementia workforce
• Translated assessment tools can unlock greater resident understanding
• Trauma-informed care integral to quality care
• UARC report reveals varying cost of care delivery impacts financial viability
• UARC’s mid-year report highlights aged care’s good and bad results
• Underreporting could prevent providers from achieving three-star Staffing Ratings
• Understanding and addressing workplace loneliness for your staff
• Underwhelming new incentive unlikely to attract GPs to residential aged care
• Union research reveals high levels of workplace bullying
• Uniting Church LGBTQI+ trailblazer honoured with naming of new Leichhardt village
• Uniting RISEs up to tackle leadership barriers for women from diverse backgrounds
• Universal design is the principle for aged care
• Unlock Hidden AN-ACC Funding Opportunities: Don’t Miss Out for Your Aged Care Facility
• Unlocking the power of ‘Moneyball’ in aged care: A data-driven transformation
• Unmasking challenges: Aged care compliance vs. consumer experience
• Upcoming trial aims to strengthen aged care involvement in depression treatment at home
• Updated guidelines can strengthen not-for-profit board governance 
• Using decor to create a home away from home
• Using social media to grow your business
• Using the 80/20 rule to positively impact your productivity
• Victoria Police to raise elder abuse awareness in residential care
• VMCH looks abroad for holistic palliative care inspiration
• VMCH trials unique dementia practice guide
• Volunteer contributions recognised as CEOs invest in support
• Volunteer Judy – the retiree that never left
• Wake up call: How employers can improve shiftworker sleep health
• We have too few aged care workers to care for older Australians. Why? And what can we do about it?
• We need more than a 15% pay rise to beat the 3 stigmas turning people off aged care jobs
• Wealthier consumer contributions should be paired with relaxed means-tested caps, aged care leaders say
• Webinar showcases new strategies in caring for people with dementia
• Webinars spark conversations around mental health in the workplace
• Wellbeing worry: Palliative care workforce faces rising demand
• Wellness grants offer mental health support for aged care employees
• Wesley Mission closures give way to new aged care facilities
• What are the benefits of being vulnerable in the workplace?
• What are the corporate benefits of charitable donations at tax time?
• What are the direct benefits of mentorship for young leaders?
• What concerns are there around the soon-to-be-released star ratings?
• What do providers want? Commission shares workshop insights
• What do reform delays mean for in-home care in 2023?
• What does best practice look like when managing psychotropic medication? 
• What is Quality Care in aged care?
• What makes an effective board?
• What providers need to know about security of tenure compliance
• What should recruiters look for in a resume?
• What to consider when adopting AI in the workplace
• What to consider when choosing to study a nursing degree while working
• What to consider when creating a work exchange program
• What training is most appropriate for each department?
• What will the future of sales look like for aged care?
• What’s in store for aged care ahead of the 2024 Federal Budget?
• What’s in your toolkit? Bite-size learning kit offers big solutions for understanding changed behaviour
• What’s your leadership style?
• Where do we stand with the new Aged Care Act?
• Whiddon recognised for talent acquisition and recruitment efforts
• Who will look after us in our final years? A pay rise alone won’t solve aged care workforce shortages
• Why a positive volunteer experience needs to be prioritised
• Why a social media policy is necessary to protect you from employee actions
• Why aged care must change: The Lennox abuse case
• Why centring marginalised voices is important for aged care 
• Why COVID-19 training and education is still important in 2023
• Why embracing career flexibility is the best decision for your staff
• Why good design and equipment matters
• Why interoperability can lead to better care
• Why invest in technology in aged care?
• Why it is vital to invest in upskilling your staff
• Why more women in leadership roles benefit Australia
• Why placement poverty is a worry for the future workforce
• Why proactive leaders need to be more than a one-trick pony
• Why staff wellbeing is critical for your organisation
• Why technology will never replace – but can help – human connection
• Why the right equipment matters for infection prevention and control
• Why you can’t rely on PPE alone for your infection prevention
• Why you should encourage career growth that doesn’t involve management
• Will aged care cover the cost of 60-day prescription dispensing?
• Will CEOs get their way by luring staff back into the office permanently?
• Will providers reduce bed numbers to meet 24/7 RN exemptions?
• Will Support at Home actually reduce costly home care waiting periods?
• Will the Ombudsman’s star rating critique lead to change?
• Winners announced in 2022 innovAGEING National Awards
• WOFO transforms aged care rostering with gig economy platform 
• Women Supporting Women – Celebrate International Women’s Day with Kelly Rogerson
• Workers’ compensation redesign aims to improve employee experience
• Working Future White Paper shows the care economy is a priority
• Working late or hardly working? Slack says to stop logging on after hours
• Workplace discrimination and harassment levels rise in DCA’s fourth Inclusion@Work Index 
• Workplace stigma stopping employees from sharing mental health concerns
• Would dedicated hospitals for over 65s ease the burden on emergency departments?
• Would you recognise burnout in your team?
• Yarra City confirms handover of home care services to Mercy Health
• Youth and success: Young CEOs to learn from

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Industry Updates

• “Be Brave”: First Nations Aged Care Commissioner aspires for change
• “Try harder” isn’t the solution to attracting more nurses into aged care
• ‘Big data’: a cheaper and cohesive plan to improve coordinated care?
• ‘Seismic’ changes to industrial relations causing concern in sector
• $300 million investment creates a new retirement living partnership
• 2024 Budget responses prove the Government is yet to get it right
• 24/7 RN exemption timeframe extended, changes made to funding supplements
• 5 years of financial loss: aged care at a glance
• 70% of aged care facilities have been operating at a loss
• A Case of Déjà Vu As The Aged Care Act Hits Another Setback
• A false dawn: Fears Support at Home won’t solve home care’s problems
• A new era: Aged Care Bill passes parliament
• ABS data reveals why 28% of the workforce has changed jobs
• Accenture secures another Gov contract as digital transformation costs balloon
• ACCPA calls on politicians to back Taskforce recommendations immediately
• ACCPA’s Pre-Budget recommendations seek short and long-term stability
• ACH Group announces Linda Feldt as new CEO
• ACH Group lays the foundations for success with a fresh strategy
• ACN appoints experienced nursing leader as new CEO
• ACN terminates key executives after investigating financial irregularities
• Addressing the epidemic of staff shortages in the aged care industry
• After Signature Care’s sale, Graeme Croft looks to the future
• Aged care accommodation interest rate increases to 11-year high
• Aged Care Act delay continues with no formal bipartisan support
• Aged Care Act submission seeks stronger rights and protections for consumers
• Aged Care Act to be delayed, ACCPA supports staged rollout
• Aged care barriers compromise intimacy, resident relationships
• Aged care innovation and improvement spur Government investments
• Aged care is set to change in 2025… Ready for the redesign?
• Aged care landscape shifts as more acquisitions are announced
• Aged Care Minister urges providers to “Hold up your end of the bargain”
• Aged care needs more than bigger wages to increase worker value
• Aged care pay concerns prompt government update
• Aged care provider selling up homes ahead of major sector changes
• Aged care receives a $2.2 billion Budget boost; Aged Care Act gets its start date
• Aged care reforms bring optimism – and uncertainty – to the sector
• Aged care workers could see 28% pay boost, indirect care workers left behind
• Albanese stands by aged care reforms as more providers signal closure
• Allied health minutes enjoy unexpected growth in July
• Altura Learning appoints cybersecurity expert as its new CEO
• AN-ACC’s hit-and-miss financial impact still inspires innovation, survey finds
• Anglicare Australia research highlights the impact of excessive home care wait times
• ARIIA adds experienced pair to its Board
• ARIIA announces sixth round of Grants Program recipients
• ARIIA receives $13 million funding boost
• ARIIA reveals its new CEO
• As COVID-19 cases rise, Gov reinforces the importance of education
• Australia establishes global ties in Vietnam, Ghana and India for ‘Decade of Healthy Ageing’
• Australia should be world-leading in aged care
• Australia’s new Age Discrimination Commissioner is announced
• Australian banking trio support major aged care acquisition 
• Australian research finds quality of care is below par half the time
• Aveo comes out on top in class action settlement
• Aveo offloads South Australian villages ahead of expected $3.5 billion sale
• Baby Boomers to Gen Alpha: Generational trends impacting aged care 
• Back-to-back sales shake up NSW aged care scene
• Baptist Care Australia reveals its new CEO
• BaptistCare, Baptcare and Baptist Care SA merger set to shake up aged care’s hierarchy 
• Big spending on the Maggie Beer Foundation serves up disappointing outcomes
• Blue Care to Close Aged Care Facility in Bundaberg
• BlueCross sale strengthens Opal HealthCare’s Victorian presence
• Breaking news: Aged Care Act deal done, reports say
• Budget delivers welcomed funding for aged care
• Budget promising to fix the crisis in aged care
• Calls for Fair Work to reward non-care staff with pay boost grow louder
• Calls for home care reforms to be fast-tracked as wait times balloon
• Calls for Increased Mental Health Assistance for Aged Care Residents
• Calvary taps into the international workforce to boost regional care
• Care minute compliance: No easy feat ahead of October deadline
• Care minute exclusion of Enrolled Nurses could hurt workforce sustainability
• Care minutes bounce back as concerning reclassification trend emerges, Mirus reports
• Care minutes dip as audits expose ineligible provider practices 
• Care minutes shock: Gov announces reduced funding for target failure
• Care minutes targets remain out of reach for two-thirds of facilities
• Catholic Health Aus says insurance should cover hospital care at home
• Catholic Health Australia recommends 2026 Support at Home implementation
• Census reveals that home care services in retirement villages are booming
• Changes are coming for Australia’s aged care system. Here’s what we know so far
• Changes galore: Aged Care Act differences
• Changing resident needs mark the end of era for Toorak aged care home
• China focuses on technology to solve a familiar aged care problem
• China’s ageing population makes valuable investment gap for Aussie investors
• Clear skies ahead as Carinity announces new CEO
• Clouded with uncertainty: Providers show mixed confidence levels over aged care reform
• Code of Conduct headlines a raft of new legislation
• Commission reduces reliance on consultants after staggering rejection rate revealed
• Commission remains focused on care minute non-compliance
• CommonAge launches Dementia in the Commonwealth report
• Community, connection and technology: ARIIA Day 1 highlights
• Concerns raised over consultancy firms assisting aged care providers
• Conflict of interest revelation highlights close ties in aged care auditing
• Consultation leads to further Aged Care Quality Standards changes
• Consultation period for the new Aged Care Act extended
• Contract conundrums: Unpacking the fine print of retirement villages
• Core themes of living and dying well explored: ARIIA Day 2 highlights
• Could Victoria’s gas supply ruling spark aged care change?
• Councils seek more support for Aged Care Act transition
• Critic or supporter? How the sector has responded to the Aged Care Bill
• Data mistake leads to Govt publishing inaccurate care minute targets
• Data spotlights profitability divide between for-profit and not-for-profit providers
• Day 1 recap: International Dementia Conference
• Decision to scrap COVID-19 isolation “disappointing” for aged care providers
• Delayed approvals and poor planning: Report card shows we’re not retirement ready
• Dementia Australia’s new CEO ushers in the next chapter
• Dementia leaders training program aspires for practical change
• Dementia’s impact on older Australians remains significant, report finds
• Department of Health and Aged Care gains new cyber security leader
• Digging into the features of the new Aged Care Act
• Dollars to Care tool highlights new information for consumers on My Aged Care
• Early insights: 14 day Star Ratings preview period is now open
• ECH brings in a fresh face to lead home care services
• Elder abuse incidents feel like aged care’s version of ‘Groundhog Day’
• Employees must be asked to work public holidays per Federal Court ruling
• EN contribution deserves to be recognised in care minute totals
• Exposure draft of the new Aged Care Act released, Govt seeks provider feedback
• Federal opposition calls for greater transparency over Aged Care Act delays
• Feedback requested for aged care’s Inspector-General Bill
• Final draft of the strengthened Quality Standards refines key elements
• First Green House care model facility to open in Australia
• Flexible work models linked to higher revenue growth, claims The Flex Index
• Former Hospital Site to be Transformed into Aged Care Precinct
• Funding crisis could worsen aged care bed shortfall
• Gov announces that Enrolled Nurse care minutes can be included in RN targets
• Gov funding in SA aims to ease the burden on aged care and hospitals
• Gov invests $250 million to help regional, rural and remote aged care
• Gov launches new Aged Care Data and Digital Strategy
• Gov warns providers over COVID-19 vaccination rates
• Government and providers urged to collaborate more on dementia education
• Government announces extra aged care funding, home care rollout delays
• Government begins public consultation on new Aged Care Act
• Government commits to Quality and Safety Commission improvements
• Government funding breakdown: Budget will offer crucial support
• Government intervenes to support Enrolled Nurses
• Government reveals AN-ACC changes to fund higher staff wages 
• Government sifts through sector responses to Aged Care Code of Conduct draft
• Govt clarifies responsibilities for health care delivery among aged care recipients
• Govt reaffirms Taskforce recommendation release has not been delayed 
• Govt releases Home Care Workforce Support Program survey for providers and employees 
• Growth funding grants launch for CHSP providers
• Growth, expansion and reform leads to a new era for Proveda
• Have your say on the implementation of Royal Commission recommendations 
• Health and Aged Care bombarded by Senate questions, over 900 unanswered since October
• Health and Climate Strategy calls for a climate-resilient aged care sector
• Healthcare Workers gather to Mourn Job Losses
• Hello Leaders is igniting the spark in aged care
• Helping hand: Gov establishes an Aged Care Transition Taskforce 
• HESTA Excellence Award nominees gear up for 2024 ceremony
• High demand for community connection drives retirement living expansion
• Hits and misses: Where the Department of Health and Aged Care fell short
• Home care challenges in the spotlight ahead of first-ever dedicated conference
• Home care focus can meet the baby boomer ‘freight train’
• Home care providers hindered by communication issues, Commission reports
• Home care wait times could be published more often for increased transparency
• How a desire to help the community saved a Byron Bay aged care home
• Ian Yates identifies missed key element in Taskforce recommendations
• IHACPA calls for feedback to inform Support at Home pricing
• IHACPA seeks feedback for 2025-26 pricing framework
• In-home care provider fills gaps as councils exit aged care
• Inclusive and flexible workplaces provide a positive mental health impact
• Incoming ACCPA CEO set to work on trust and reform in sector
• Increased aged care pay rise is a step in the right direction
• Industry giants announce leadership changes
• Industry leaders say the budget ignores key areas for improvement
• Industry leaders slam AN-ACC funding: “It’s not working at all”
• Infinite Care’s Melbourne expansion continues with ready-made purchase
• Innovation and disruption need to underpin Budget funding success
• Innovative aged care projects receive funding boost
• Innovative collaboration seals commitment to improve Indigenous aged care
• Input requested to help improve aged care for First Nations people
• Inspector-General labels new Aged Care Act elements “largely aspirational”
• Inspector-General releases milestone Royal Commission Progress Report
• Integrated care sectors a focus in new Mental Health Workforce Strategy
• Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner revealed
• Introducing Hello Leaders…
• Is a unified care economy aged care’s future?
• Is it too soon to prepare for Taskforce-inspired reforms?
• Is retirement living the cure for Australia’s housing crisis?
• Is the four-day work week the next big thing for aged care?
• Juniper Aged Care experiences positive growth, Annual Report reveals
• Keeping it local: Blending residential care with community
• Latest COVID-19 wave brings back mask mandates and vaccination calls
• Leadership change at ACWIC
• Lingering concerns over conflicts of interest impact aged care auditor PwC
• Liz Hefren-Webb appointed Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner
• Major investment organisation signposts aged care focus with latest takeover
• Making room for retirement living homes: potential for profit not liability
• Mandatory qualifications would strengthen aged care worker professionalism, report states
• MercyCare launches fifth aged care home, embraces Care Companion worker model
• Mike Baird announces his HammondCare CEO tenure will end in 2024
• Minister Butler defends ‘very complicated’ co-contributions on air
• Minister Wells calls out “disappointing” provider care minute results
• Mixed reactions take the shine off the latest aged care pay rise decision
• More time needed: Peak body seeks aged care pay rise delay
• Most aged care homes are falling short of minimum care standards – new report
• Moyne Shire Council reverses the trend, will continue to provide aged care services
• NARI Annual Summit puts human rights under the spotlight
• National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program expanded
• National Dementia Action Plan delivers long-term outlook
• Navigating the aged care landscape: New requirements for consumer advisory bodies
• New HammondCare CEO announcement signposts the next era
• New legislation prioritises workers’ mental health, but how will providers comply?
• New report reveals employees want more learning opportunities
• New report suggests retirement living growth could save aged care billions
• New research identifies 2023 trends for enhancing the employee experience
• New Support at Home details reveal co-contribution cut-off date
• No awkward conversations: OPAN’s ready to talk about sex in aged care
• No more waiting: Aged Care Act introduced to Parliament
• No relief in sight: Government predicts daunting nursing shortage
• No time to rest: Aged Care Taskforce remains committed to change
• Now or Never? Aged Care Act details threaten to derail reform
• Offering end of life support as part of home care is important – but may face some challenges
• One-third of aged care employees want to leave, citing increased demands and regulatory burden
• OPAN report highlights areas of improvement for aged care providers
• OPAN’s Presenting Issues delivers a sense of déjà vu for aged care providers
• Opposition still seeks to tweak new Aged Care Act
• Our research shows 4 in 10 Australians in aged care are malnourished. What can we do about it?
• Paid to learn: Nurses receive major prac placement support
• Palliative Care Australia seeks more aged care input for survey
• PALM Scheme brings a fresh wave of support for regional aged care
• Pay rise a promising first step but further increase needed
• Pay rise procrastination mounts pressure on providers
• Pay rise shock: Gov proposes 3 year phase-in timeline
• Pay rise uncertainty continues for aged care nurses despite latest FWC decision
• Permanent Inspector-General of Aged Care revealed
• Personalised approach to care gains momentum amid workforce shortages
• Playing it safe: study finds recruiters shy away from ethnic minorities as leaders
• Political stand-off continues over critical Aged Care Act features
• Professor Jenny May named as new National Rural Health Commissioner
• Profiling the new members of the Council of Elders
• Provider insight: Breaking down the in-home care reform timeline
• Provider insight: Gov releases helpful resources for training and support
• Provider insight: Govt answers your Support at Home questions
• Provider insight: How consumer co-contributions benefit aged care
• Provider profitability stabilises but residential care outstrips home care return 
• Providers face getting left behind despite key budget investments
• Providers fighting for nurses with higher care minute targets just weeks away
• Providers made to back pay workers who RAT tested off the clock?
• Providers to avoid financial penalties for missing care minute requirements
• Providers want assurance that aged care star ratings will work for everyone
• Providers with low vaccination rates to receive unannounced visits
• Quality and Safety Commissioner confirms consultancy reports were rejected
• Quality indicator fail: “Awful” survey tool overshadows the home care QI pilot 
• Quality Indicator Program extended: expands into Home Care, 6 new indicators
• Quarterly performance: Compliance remains strong as SIRS notifications rise
• Regional aged care growth requires one eye on the future
• Regional providers fear the cost of aged care reform could be too high
• Regis Aged Care continues expansion with Village Glen acquisition
• Renewable energy deal a major step towards net zero for BaptistCare
• Research finds community engagement is both a challenge and a solution
• Resident satisfaction rises despite food and staffing shortage concerns
• Residential care providers continue to operate at a loss despite marginal growth
• Retirement living leaders ready to adapt as modern demands evolve
• RFBI tackles workforce challenges head-on with successful recruitment initiatives
• RLC life membership announcements usher in early conference celebrations 
• RLC says retirement living can play a key role in home care reform
• RN exemptions may not help small providers face mounting pressure
• Royal Freemasons transfers two homes to Respect as its aged care footprint shrinks
• Rural council pleads for Federal help as it loses $400,000 per annum in aged care
• SA Government seeks solutions for aged care patients stuck in hospital
• SA Police launch an unlikely pursuit with dedicated home care service
• Sector compliance a mixed bag as residential and home care results vary
• Self-employment and self-management are on the rise in aged care
• Senate approval another milestone for the new Aged Care Bill
• Senate Standing Committee recommends Aged Care Bill be passed
• Shadow Minister calls for Government transparency over aged care reforms
• Small rural towns face the greatest nursing shortfalls, research finds
• South Australia takes the lead in becoming a dementia-friendly state
• St Andrew’s finds the right balance with growth and refinement
• Stakeholders disappointed in Government’s aged care pay rise delay
• Survey assessing food quality in aged care launched
• Sustainability strategies for the Support at Home transition and beyond
• SwanCare CEO announces retirement after 19 years
• Taskforce recommendations flag areas of importance, Govt remains quiet on commitment
• Taskforce recommendations receive a warm reception, further clarification needed
• Taskforce touches on sustainability and the future of reforms
• Technology and innovation combine in ACCPA and ACIITC merger
• Telehealth can deliver better physio care but Government funding is essential
• Telehealth software provider Coviu names new CEO as Co-Founder steps down
• The Aged Care Act’s delay is a timely win for providers, but is everyone happy?
• The dementia debate ignited by a Whopper burger 
• The future of aged care is up for discussion as ARIIA’s marquee event returns
• The Government is not on track to get every younger person out of aged care by next year. What now?
• The Magic Faraway Tree and other aged care bedtime stories
• The saga of Enrolled Nurses and care minute targets
• Three demographic trends to watch out for in aged care
• Tick Tock: Are the new Quality Standards going to be released on time?
• Tiny Taralga receives an essential Government grant
• Too many Australians are waiting for a home care package. Here’s how to fix the delays
• Top aged care complaints revealed as the Commission gives providers new insight
• Top concerns over the new Aged Care Act revealed
• UARC report reveals varying cost of care delivery impacts financial viability
• UARC’s mid-year report highlights aged care’s good and bad results
• Underwhelming new incentive unlikely to attract GPs to residential aged care
• Union research reveals high levels of workplace bullying
• Victoria Police to raise elder abuse awareness in residential care
• Volunteer contributions recognised as CEOs invest in support
• We have too few aged care workers to care for older Australians. Why? And what can we do about it?
• Wealthier consumer contributions should be paired with relaxed means-tested caps, aged care leaders say
• Wesley Mission closures give way to new aged care facilities
• What do providers want? Commission shares workshop insights
• What do reform delays mean for in-home care in 2023?
• What’s in store for aged care ahead of the 2024 Federal Budget?
• Where do we stand with the new Aged Care Act?
• Who will look after us in our final years? A pay rise alone won’t solve aged care workforce shortages
• Will aged care cover the cost of 60-day prescription dispensing?
• Will providers reduce bed numbers to meet 24/7 RN exemptions?
• Will Support at Home actually reduce costly home care waiting periods?
• Will the Ombudsman’s star rating critique lead to change?
• Workers’ compensation redesign aims to improve employee experience
• Working Future White Paper shows the care economy is a priority
• Workplace stigma stopping employees from sharing mental health concerns
• Yarra City confirms handover of home care services to Mercy Health