When Karen McKenzie received an unexpected letter from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) in August, she had to read it three times before...
The disability sector is seeking a plan to ensure it can continue to operate effectively as COVID-19 infected staff isolate and protective equipment is...
Doctors and surgeons are urging state and federal governments to address a backlog in elective surgeries, but nurses in Victoria say the surgery pause...
Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides individualised funding to nearly 500,000 Australians with disability.Despite an even...
Aged care providers estimate about a quarter of all shifts – or the equivalent of 140,000 shifts a week – are going unfilled, while the disability sector...
When Senator Richard Colbeck, the Aged Care Minister, defended his decision to attend the cricket for three days in Hobart at Wednesday's Senate hearing,...
I became a registered nurse in July 2019. Since then I've seen so many nurses completely burn out. I've seen nurses who are emotionally and physically...
Staff shortages in the disability sector in Australia have gone from bad to worse due to a dearth of rapid antigen test kits and long queues at COVID-19...
Aged care providers are casting doubt on the federal government's commitment to finish the booster rollout in aged care by the end of the month, with...
Home care providers say critical care services, including nursing and medication needs, are being left to family members as they juggle limited staff...
Would you work in the bush if the government wiped your university debt?That's what's on offer for doctors and nurse practitioners under a new scheme...
The head of one of Australia’s largest disability providers has issued a public apology for physical and sexual abuse of residents at its group homes,...
The Federal government has sidestepped the acute crisis in the aged care workforce by failing to make any commitment in its MYEFO statement released...
In a bid to change in line with the necessary reform to the aged care sector, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), peak body for industry providers,...
The mandate for all health workers to get vaccinated won’t stop anti-vax staff from launching unfair dismissal or discrimination cases against their...
Seventeen prominent Australians will provide expert advice on aged care issues and the implementation of the Australian Government’s $17.7 billion reform...
Aged care providers will get immunity from criminal or civil prosecution for using physical and chemical restraints after the federal government amended...
Fiona Strahan remembers the first time she was told she was special."As a child I can remember when someone came up and said to me, 'God has made you...
A new Bill which the Federal Government says will improve the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has come under fire from people with disability...
Nurses and doctors in hospitals across Melbourne are seeing a surge in abuse from the families of COVID-19 patients who want their loved ones to be given...
Migrant nurses with decades of experience and academic credentials are struggling to join a health system screaming out for talent, with one working at a...
