Interim report calls for cohesion in quality and safety across care economy
14 August, 2025A Productivity Commission interim report recommends that the Australian Government should better align quality and safety regulation across the care economy.
Direct care staffing is growing, but is quality on the rise as well?
26 June, 2025Direct care staffing levels in residential aged care are increasing; a team of Australian researchers set out to discover whether quality has risen as well.
Qualification-legitimacy considerations follow ASQA cancellation
24 June, 2025Urgent action is being taken to consider the legitimacy of aged care qualifications issued by a training organisation whose registration has been cancelled by ASQA.
New governance arrangements needed for culturally safe aged care
12 May, 2025Andrea Kelly, Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner, shares a message with Aged Health readers for the May 2025 edition, which has a focus on governance.
Online repository helps understand and track care quality
28 March, 2025The ACAC Quality Indicator Repository has launched, supporting the measurement and evaluation of the quality of care that older people experience.
Measuring quality of care in clinical settings
12 June, 2024A Flinders University project is focused on improving the quality of care for older Australians in hospital.
What is preventing better quality care for older Australians?
30 January, 2024It is clear that aged care funding needs urgent reform. Chris Mamarelis from Whiddon takes a look at the barriers faced by providers and how they can be overcome.
Where best practice care is falling short: study
23 January, 2024Aged care home residents are not receiving best practice care for several common conditions, new research suggests.
Star ratings show improved levels of aged care
20 December, 2023Offering access to previously unavailable data, star ratings provide a comprehensive view of aged care home performance.
Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner appointed
13 December, 2023Ms Andrea Kelly, a well-respected First Nations leader, has been appointed as the Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner.
Damning results for personal alarms
02 November, 2023CHOICE has discovered a multitude of problems with personal alarms, leading it to bestow a 'Shonky Award' on the emergency device for being unreliable and hard to use.
The 'Age of Change' is here
25 October, 2023Almost 2000 aged care industry professionals have descended on Adelaide for the 2023 Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) National Conference, ‘The Age of Change’.
The Age of Change coming to Adelaide this month
06 October, 2023Aged care sector leaders will descend on Adelaide from 25–27 October for the Aged and Community Care Providers Association's (ACCPA) national conference, The Age of Change.
Urgent measures needed for homes with one-star rating: OPAN
21 December, 2022The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) has welcomed the Australian Government's new Star Ratings for residential aged care providers, which were recently made public.
Food, nutrition report 2022: spending rises, innovation improves
05 December, 2022The Department of Health and Aged Care has released a new report outlining the trends associated with the Basic Daily Fee Supplement in residential aged care.
