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Nursing shortage threatens plans to fix aged care sector
A national nursing shortage is wrecking plans to improve aged care despite a looming federal bid to fix the troubled sector, with the deficit likely to double by 2030 as demand for nurses continues to rise. Source: The Age.
Aged care shortage looms as funding crisis worsens
A funding crisis is tipped to leave older Australians without thousands of aged care places over the next five years, building pressure on Labor and the Coalition to strike a deal on a new regime. Source: The Age.
Self-funded retirees entering a nursing home face $40,000 bill
Self-funded retirees entering a nursing home after July next year face an average $40,000 extra coming out of their own pocket if the Albanese Government adopts the recommendations of its aged care taskforce for greater personal co-contributions. Source: The Australian.
Self-funded retirees to pay more for aged care services
Self-funded retirees will be asked to pay more out of their own savings for their aged care under a deal set to be struck between Labor and the Coalition. Source: The Australian.
Government and Opposition urged to prioritise Aged Care ActÂ
Catholic Health Australia has joined other aged care provider peak bodies in supporting calls for both sides of federal Parliament to urgently prioritise the new Aged Care Act and address critical issues facing older Australians.
Fears aged care reforms will be sidelined until after federal election
The aged care sector and MPs have grown increasingly frustrated over secrecy and delays shrouding reforms that are hoped to transform how people are cared for at the end of their lives. Source: Canberra Times.
Labor’s aged care visa scheme fails as only 418 granted in first year
Fewer than 500 visas have been granted in the first year of a Labor scheme designed to fast-track foreign workers into the aged care sector, prompting calls for the Government to review the program’s viability. Source: The Australian.
Pressure mounts on Labor to deliver promised aged care reforms
Intense pressure is mounting on the Albanese Government to deliver on promised changes to aged care, as advocates fear the reforms won’t be introduced before the next federal election. Source: ABC News.
Aged care sector at a ‘crisis juncture’
Three in four of the nation’s 2600 nursing homes face years of sustained financial losses if the Albanese Government fails to act on the funding recommendations of its own aged care taskforce, a new analysis warns. Source: The Australian.