Report favours increased user-pays principle for aged care
The federal government should be the primary aged care funder but older people with means should pay more for their care, a report says.
14 March, 2024The federal government should be the primary aged care funder but older people with means should pay more for their care, a report says.
14 March, 2024The DTA has raised red flags over some of the federal government’s most strategically significant digital and ICT investments.
7 February, 2024Australia’s first office of the Aged Care Inspector-General is officially up and running, charged with improving the aged care system.
16 October, 2023City of Greater Bendigo will pull the plug on home support services, saying it will no longer be able to operate under the new aged care system.
23 November, 2022Councils are having to rethink the future of their aged and home support services as the home care system faces a radical shakeup.
16 September, 2022The NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner has cast doubt on the ability of public servants to deliver the sweeping changes the government is promising to the aged care system.
5 May, 2022The aged care royal commission has heard a proposal for an independent Aged Care Commission.
29 October, 2020Local councils are stepping up to help support older residents and other vulnerable people living in their communities.
5 October, 2020The Royal Commission has found Australia’s aged care system to be hugely inadequate.
31 October, 2019Legislation has been introduced to establish a powerful Ageing and Disability Commissioner in NSW.
10 May, 2019Federal and state governments should appoint ministers for ageing while councils can drive age-friendly communities, a new campaign argues.
15 October, 2018The role and responsibilities of all three levels of government in aged care will come into focus as the Commonwealth announces a Royal Commission.
18 September, 2018Campaign calls on Australian governments to introduce regulations mandating that new houses meet accessibility standards.
6 August, 2018The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (RoGS) contain a large section on Community Services. It breaks the sector into four categories: aged care, services for people with disabilities, child protection services, and youth justice services. It is an enormous sector, second only to health. Total Federal, state and territory government recurrent expenditure on community […]
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