Aged Care Industry Updates

With a captivating line-up of speakers taking to the stage throughout the day, Hello Leaders has some of the early highlights from Ageing Australia’s SA State Conference.

Sky News host Paul Murray has criticised the Minister for Sports and Aged Care, Anika Wells, after The Daily Telegraph ran a story about St Jude’s Health Care Services, which has been sanctioned after failing to meet most quality standards. Key points The depth of issues found at Carinya of Bicton, located in Perth, resulted […]

The future of aged care hangs in the balance. Industry leaders are urging the government to listen and act. Hello Leaders explores some of their key requests.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in a historic win for the Australian Labor Party, gaining a strengthened majority in the House of Representatives against a shell-shocked Coalition opposition.

Aged care provider IRT is at the centre of serious allegations that it has failed to pass on government funded pay rises to its nurses — with the accusations coinciding with Chief Executive Officer Patrick Reid’s resignation.

Residential care providers have been handed a hammer blow to care minute calculations after a Department of Health and Aged Care webinar crystallised the definition of Personal Care Workers (PCWs) that could severely impact how staff responsibilities are managed.

Australia heads to the polls in just days, and barring an incredibly close Federal Election, will be confidently forging ahead under a re-elected Anthony Albanese-led Labor Government, or in a new direction with Peter Dutton’s Coalition.

Not-for-profit aged care provider Fitzgerald Memorial Aged Care says its future is under threat after its approved plans for a new 24-room expansion hit a roadblock — it is not eligible for government funding due to its location. 

By all appearances, Australia is reforming aged care and the NDIS to make them more “sustainable”, “efficient”, and “person-centred”.

March proved to be a good month for the aged care sector as the AN-ACC price increase boosted the average daily subsidy for providers. Meanwhile, 2025 wage boosts appear to be delivering positive flow-on effects as total direct care minutes bounced back from a February slump.