The Inspector-General of Aged Care is calling for My Aged Care to be ‘re-imagined’ after finding it to be onerously complex ...

Australia’s aged care is transforming, driven by new laws, rising home care demand and increasingly empowered clients.

Queensland has become “ground zero” for the hospital exit-block crisis that the ­medical peak body first warned about almost ...

A new Aged Care Act comes into effect in November, but some question if the act will meaningfully address service gaps for ...

For years, the golden rule of entering aged care was think twice before selling the family home. But Rachel Lane of Aged Care ...

Explore migrant pathways into Australia’s aged care sector. Learn about training, support, and inspiring stories of building meaningful aged care careers. This article shares practical tips from Work ...

Michael Woods is Professor of Health Economics at the UTS Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation. He is Policy Advisor to the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC) and Chairs the ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced yesterday that his government will hold a royal commission into the aged care sector. The decision is a desperate attempt to win support from older ...

Click here to download an Easy-to-Read version of the report At that stage he couldn’t walk, only shuffle, he was very, very depressed, just crying all the time. And he couldn’t swallow… He would say, ...

An Australian Productivity Commission report, released last month, shows that a growing number of elderly people across Australia are left waiting more than nine months to receive vital aged care ...

Australia’s aged care sector was failing long before the pandemic arrived. A royal commission into the treatment of the elderly in aged care facilities last year found that “the aged care system fails ...

Less than half of aged care residents aged 75 years and older are adequately protected against COVID-19, while just a fifth of older Australians in the community have received a booster in the past ...