The COVID-19 vaccine should urgently be made mandatory for disability workers working face-to-face with clients, as concerns emerged some workers in the...
In a bid to strengthen safeguards and enhance the safety and wellbeing of residents in aged care, a CCTV trial has begun at two aged care sites in South...
Aged care consumer groups have challenged the Morrison government to deliver urgent reforms to the trouble-plagued sector.Providers have also outlined...
The AMA has estimated that over the year up until 30 June 2021, there will have been 27,569 admissions of residents from nursing homes to hospitals that...
If Kayaan Katyal didn't have a disability, he'd likely be an Australian permanent resident by now.But the six-year-old was born with cerebral palsy. For...
A coalition of more than 20 disability organisations released a statement on Thursday setting out significant concerns over the federal government’s...
They are often considered a luxury, but access to allied health services for older Australians can mean the difference between ageing well at home, being...
The 2020 pandemic and bushfire crises exposed longstanding weakness in our labour market and the child-care, aged care and disability care systems.They...
People with disability and representative organisations are calling on the Australian Government to pass legislation to protect the confidentiality of...
Everywhere you look, Scott Morrison and his ministers have a women problem. You see it even as he uses the media focus on allegations of sexual assault...
Aged care workers and nurses want federal MPs to realise more money is needed to guarantee there's enough skilled staff to care for the elderly.READ MORE
One year ago, Grover Nicodemus Street treated his first case of coronavirus.Since then, the traveling nurse — a military veteran who served in Iraq and...
South Aussies living with disability, including in regional areas, will now be given greater powers about how they are safely supported following new...
Intellectual disability is second only to old age as a risk factor for COVID-19 death, and obesity is linked to coronavirus-related hospitalization and...
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has distanced the government from a new aged care tax as calls to abandon the royal commission’s recommendation widen.READ MORE
What is the full extent of the problem in aged care? How does our system compare with those overseas? And what would it take for it to meet older Australian
The Technology Roadmap for Aged Care in Australia was published to improve the aged-care industry’s understanding of the role technology can play in...
One of the “most significant reports” ever released by Victoria’s Office of the Public Advocate will recommend that every person entering Australian...
