Aged Care Royal Commission
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Now for the hard part: who will care after the Royal Commission? Opinion
We’ve lived with it for so long, it was beginning to seem like the Royal Commission on Aged Care would…
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The aged care system is broken: we need proper, hard reform – Ged Kearney
On Friday the Aged Care Royal Commission handed its final report the government. And fellow nurses, haven’t we been waiting…
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Aged care royal commission releases elder abuse estimates
New research is adding some depth to the picture of elder abuse in Australia, with a royal commission paper estimating…
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Government-run providers best performers: new royal commission research
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has today released the most detailed look into the quality of…
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Nurses back royal commission lawyers’ aged care recommendations
The lawyers assisting the aged care royal commission last week handed down 124 recommendations for the commissioners to consider –…
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Royal commission puts government on notice, wants action on aged care, now
The aged care royal commission has handed down its COVID-19 report and the message to Scott Morrison and his government…
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Aged care death rate among highest in the world, government had no plan for sector, royal commission told
The aged care royal commission has heard evidence that the government had no COVID-19 plan for the aged care sector,…
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Royal commission urges mandatory staff minimums, better pay for aged care
The royal commission has urged the aged care sector to reform its approach to the workforce, with counsel assisting Peter…
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‘Financial viability is a means to an end in aged care; it is not an end in itself’: Royal commission
The royal commission finished its Hobart hearing with some ideas as to how better governance can go some way to…
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Home care provider charged customer for visits that didn’t occur, royal commission hears
“I want to begin this hearing with a basic proposition. People living in rural, regional and remote communities of Australia…
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