According to Jeff Smoot, Health Industry Director, Fujitsu Australia, trends such as the ageing population and rising care costs due to chronic disease management, mean that delivering aged care is becoming an increasingly important and challenging component of an integrated health-delivery system. “T...
The aged care industry has come under pressure in 2022 due to widespread outbreaks of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in facilities. There have been reports of residents being isolated for months and going without proper care due to staff shortfalls. As of Feb. 4, there are 11,980 COVID...
CANBERRA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has announced bonus payments for aged care workers in recognition of the pressure the industry has been under during the coronavirus pandemic. Health Minister Greg Hunt on Tuesday said the federal government will spend 210 million Australian do...
What are some of the technological breakthroughs, solutions, and healthcare skills enhancement programs that will help in achieving these goals? To help answer this question, BioClub, China Australia Medical Industry Park and Australian Healthcare Week have co-released the Australian Healthcare Industry...
At all levels of job experience ('tenure'), the aged care industry offers greater job permanency to women workers than does the labour force at large. The final section concerns workers' perceptions of, and satisfaction with, their work.Healy, Josh...
The Australian government and aged care industry uphold the standard of care for persons who require high care and reside in residential aged care facilities. The residential aged care system is extremely complex and through research conducted at the micro level it is argued that the macro level ...
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This paper examines the transition to a single funding tool as part of aged care reform in 1997 and its implications for the aged care industry in terms of skills mix, award structures and the potential impact on the consumer of the alternatives in the provision of residential care. (author ...
Businesses should ensure that their contracts are tailored towards their particular consumers, whether they be from remote and regional areas, indigenous consumers, low-income consumers, or the disabled or elderly. Such contracts are not required to merely comply with industry-specific regulatory regime...
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