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Diversity Council recognises Catholic providers as inclusive employers
Catholic Health Australia yesterday congratulated two of its member organisations for being recognised nationally as inclusive employers.
Coalition demands dozens of changes to $5.6 billion health care bill
Labor is facing a raft of changes to its $5.6 billion aged care bill in the final sitting fortnight of the year. Source: The Australian.
ACU health care ethicists call for radical rethink of aged care
Australian Catholic University health care ethicists are calling for a fundamental shift in Australia’s approach to aged care that puts people before profit.
Catholic health sector supports Aged Care Act
Catholic Health Australia expressed support for the passage of the Aged Care Act during its appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs on Friday.
New aged care facility aims to be ahead of its times
The Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth is planning a new aged care facility in Greater Western Sydney that will be the first of its kind in the country when completed in 2025. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Inspector-General raises concerns over Labor’s aged care reforms
Labor’s $5.6 billion package of aged care reforms risk falling short of what was recommended by the royal commission, the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care has warned. Source: The Australian.
Catholic sector welcomes agreement on aged care
Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the agreement yesterday between Labor and the Coalition on a new approach to aged care and the introduction of the Aged Care Act into Parliament.
Labor, Coalition urged to agree on reforms to ailing health care industry
The aged care industry is warning Parliament is “basically out of time” to pass critical reforms this term and is urging Labor and the Coalition to immediately come to a bipartisan agreement. Source: The Australian.
Liberal backbenchers question aged care co-contributions
Coalition backbenchers are raising concerns over how co-contributions for wealthy older Australians paying for aged care will be calculated under legislation Labor hopes to present to Parliament this week. Source: The Australian.