A recent aged care report has identified that only one in ten residential care facilities in Australia could meet all three staffing requirements needed to meet quality care standards. Last week, the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative published a mid-year report mapping ...

Midwife April Jardine has been honoured as HESTA's Midwife of the Year for her instrumental role in integrating the continuity of carer model. Ms Jardine became Midwifery Clinical Coordinator and Educator at Dhelkaya Health in regional Victoria three years ago ...

Concerns are mounting among industry experts about the government's lack of enforceable rules to ensure the pay rise funds are distributed fairly. The Australian government committed $11.3bn over five years to fund the 15 per cent pay rise and on-costs ...

Aged care can offer nurses more diverse responsibilities, leadership opportunities, and stronger long-term relationships than in hospitals, a Sydney-based aged care provider chief has said. The sector is in dire need of additional staff to meet the 24/7 nursing mandate and 200 ...

A nurse educator has reflected on the profession's evolving role on International Nurses Day. Deputy head of Monash University's nursing school Associate Professor Helen Rawson said nurses are no longer just seen as caregivers, but as leaders who make a ...

The federal budget is set to bear the weight of a much-anticipated salary increase for aged care workers as Labor seeks to attract more staff to the sector through $10,000 pay hikes. This morning, the government announced it would fully ...

Australia's migration system has been branded 'crazily complex' in a landmark review published last week calling for major reforms to better attract overseas aged care and nursing staff. The aged care sector is projected to have a shortfall of nearly ...

Two aged care experts have said providers creating a better work environment for its staff would fix the majority of the sector's issues. Earlier this month, aged care provider Wesley Mission announced it would close its remaining three facilities after facing difficulties ...

Nursing and public sector unions have urged NSW's newly elected Premier to keep his end of the bargain on removing wage caps for essential workers, with negotiations scheduled for Monday. NSW Labor leader Chris Minns was elected the state's 47th ...

A new placement program run by a regional university and aged care provider to attract nurses to the aged care sector is gaining momentum. The UniSC and Lutheran Services expanded their 'Transition to Practise Program' to 28 places across three ...