Researchers have developed new training modules for aged care workers and nurses to reduce medication misuse in restrictive practices in residential aged care. Restrictive practices include the use of medication to sedate people in residential aged care to control movement ...

Australia's nursing union has urged aged care providers to foster healthier work environments in order to attract nurses meet a new nationwide 24/7 nursing requirement by July. Last week, Sydney-based aged care home Wesley Mission said it would close its ...

The government has conceded it will miss its self-imposed deadline to have 24/7 registered nurses on-site at every Australian aged care home. Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said 80 per cent of facilities are currently meeting 24/7 nursing requirements, and ...

"Australia is coming back," beamed treasurer Josh Frydenberg as he began his budget speech. "In the face of a once‑in‑a‑century pandemic, the Australian spirit has shone through. Doctors and nurses on the front line. Teachers and students in the virtual ...

Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...

It has been over a week since the federal government released the final report from the aged care royal commission and, with the government not set to announce its full response until the May budget, the sector has had time ...

One issue the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s report hasn’t changed is that Australians still do not have visibility of whether care provided by a residential aged care facility is good, bad or indifferent. The publicly available ...

“Get cracking.” That’s the overwhelming call from advocacy groups in response to the release of the aged care royal commission’s final report. Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia said the report’s release places the onus on the Morrison Government to ...

The final report from The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was released today, and after two years it looks like this could only be the halfway point on the way to transforming the sector. Titled Care, Dignity ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the aged care royal commission’s final report “candid” and "ambitious” but the government has so far “made no decisions” on its findings. Commissioners Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone have set out a roadmap for government ...