The residential aged care industry in Australia will expand rapidly over the next 10 years leading to substantial increases in government expenditure. Recent and future reforms are likely leading to changes in the structure of the industry with a potential impact on quality of care. The purpose of...
The Future of Aged Care in Australia By 2050, the number of people in Australia aged 80 and over is expected to double—and so is the demand for aged care staff. The recent Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety has stressed the need for a more skilled workforce, with an emph...
This finding reflects changes in attitudes regarding ageing in place and policies. These findings are helpful to inform key stakeholders on service planning to further improve quality of the aged-care services in Australia.Peer Review reports Introduction In common with other Organization for Economic ...
This paper examines aged care issues and the provision of aged care services in Australia.A Medline search and review of Australian government publications was undertaken and complemented by a review of local Australian resources.Australia has seen major development of aged care services over the last...
Commonwealth Department of Employment projections show that health care and social assistance is the fastest growing industry in Australia, which are expected to add a quarter of a million jobs by 2023. "There is much work to done if today's young people are to be equipped to fill the skille...
Australia records around 1.3 million citizens accessing aged care services. By 2025, the number of Australians aged over 65 may double to above seven million. ON THE RECORD "Digital health is central to enabling people to age in place. Breaking down barriers through more considered te...
Inside Aged Careis a critical analysis of Australia's aged care system illustrating why the system is failing and exposing flaws so that as a community, we can work towards addressing the problems and have something we all want and which will work. We need to look in-depth, from multiple ...
(1995), Aged Care Assessment Teams in Australia: a General Practice Perspective. Australian Journal on Ageing, 14: 27–30. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1995.tb00685.x Author Information 1 currently a general practitioner in Bathurst 2 Professor of Rehabilitation and Aged Care at Flinders University ...
Nursing is one Australia’s most in-demand professions, despite nurses and midwives already representing over half of the nation’s health workforce.… Read More » News NCA Newswire and Stefanie SchultzJanuary 30, 2025 WA aged care resident charged with alleged murder of roommate ...
As Australia heads towards the fourth winter of the pandemic, we have once again started seeing an increase in the level of COVID circulating. With this comes an increased risk of infection and serious illness.