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ACU joins drive to deliver 4000 more personal care workers to regional communities
Australian Catholic University is helping to deliver 4000 additional personal care workers in regional, rural and remote communities across Australia in the next three years.
Aged care crisis revealed as almost 5000 people died waiting for help
Almost 5000 older people died waiting for appropriate aged care support at home, it has been revealed. Source: Herald Sun.
Ozcare to operate Darwin aged care facility
Plans are progressing for a new 120-bed aged care facility in Darwin, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing Queensland not-for-profit organisation Ozcare as the preferred provider. Source: CHA.
Care delivered by religious sisters to be formally recognised
Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s decision to ensure personal care minutes delivered by religious sisters in aged care homes are formally recognised and count towards mandated targets.
Catholic aged care provider buys historic Goulburn convent
Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) has purchased the historic St Joseph’s Convent in Goulburn, New South Wales, from the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, securing the long-term stewardship of the convent and chapel site.
Research grant a healthy boost for skilled aged care
Greater compassion and safer, person-centred care for those who need it most is the focus of an Australian Catholic University initiative to build capacity for new aged care workers.
Scalabrini expands model of ‘culturally aware care’
Scalabrini, a not-for-profit aged care and community services provider, has expanded its operations nationally through the acquisition of The Society of Saint Hilarion’s residential aged care and home care services in South Australia. Source: Catholic Health Australia.
Top care at Top End’s new memory support unit
A state-of-the-art, $18 million expansion to Southern Cross Care aged care service in Darwin has opened. Source: NT News.
States call for hospital funds to address ‘growing crisis’
The number of “effectively homeless” older Australians stranded in hospitals because they can’t get an aged care bed has surged by nearly a quarter, with one state Health Minister labelling the problem as a “national shame”. Source: Daily Telegraph.