Royal commission into aged care quality and safety

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A Medicare-style levy would guarantee all Australians the right to aged care when we need it | Sarah Holland-Batt
The government-appointed taskforce has failed to mount a convincing argument why a modest financial contribution across a lifetime shouldn’t extend to aged care

Sarah Holland-Batt

12, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

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More than 1,000 cases of neglect reported each month in Australia’s aged care homes
Regulator worried about ‘concerning spike’ in neglect cases, which advocates say are the result of workforce shortages

Henry Belot

12, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM

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Labor opens door to more aged care self-funding as minister declares ‘baby boomers are coming’
Anika Wells sets up taskforce to solve ‘unanswered question’ of royal commission about how to pay for higher standards of care

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

06, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM

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A market-based service: why Australia’s aged care homes fail residents with demential
The royal commission found dementia care should be ‘core business’, but more than two years later, staff say compulsory training ‘is basically non-existent’

Melissa Davey

26, May, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Australian aged care providers warned against hiking fees for wealthy without proving it goes towards care
Former royal commission adviser says ‘no reason’ money from providers can’t be transferred to affiliated companies, which could be used for purposes other than aged care

Henry Belot

26, Apr, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Aged care analyst warns of ‘alarming lack of transparency’ in how churches spend government grants
Concerns have been raised that religious institutions do not have to show how they are spending millions of dollars of federal funding

Henry Belot

26, Apr, 2023 @1:42 AM

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Labor promised aged care reform. The clock is ticking for genuine change | Sarah Russell
Until the royal commission’s recommendations are acted on, the government is merely tinkering

Sarah Russell

01, Mar, 2023 @10:47 PM

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A five-point plan alone won’t undo decades of neglect for Australia’s aged care sector | Sarah Holland-Batt
Labor must move beyond the slogans and make the policy reforms necessary to improve life for older Australians in care

Sarah Holland-Batt

10, Jun, 2022 @12:16 AM

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‘Shocking’ rate of sexual abuse of aged care residents barely changed since royal commission
Peak rights group for older Australians demands urgent change after 530 incidents of sexual abuse reported in last quarter of 2021

Christopher Knaus

05, Jun, 2022 @5:30 PM

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Health workers’ union takes fight for kitchen staff in NSW aged care home to federal court
Case to test the limits of outsourcing in sector amid concern about food standards in some facilities

Stephanie Convery

29, May, 2022 @5:30 PM

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Mum dedicated her life to protecting others. In Australia’s aged care system, she received no such sanctuary
My mother picked a particularly inhumane epoch in Australian politics to get sick. When it comes to aged care, something has to give

Lech Blaine

09, Apr, 2022 @8:00 PM

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Coalition ‘hiding negligence’ by refusing to release findings of 2021 study into care workforce, union says
Report was to examine needs of care and support workforce for aged, disability, veteran and mental health care

Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent

08, Feb, 2022 @4:30 PM

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