New research has given policymakers and aged care providers first-hand insights about how to uphold dignity and meet the ...

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Save articles for future reference. “One of the key opportunities we’ve embraced is to build the capacity of the aged-care workforce. “We want to lead the way in aged-care training, helping to address ...

Aged care act rollout de l ayed Crucially, also in June, the government announced a four-month deferral for the commencement ...

“Currently, around half of all aged care residents have substantial symptoms of depression,” psychologist Tanya Davison told ABC Radio National’s Life Matters in March. “[People] have been removed ...

POOR standards of care throughout the aged care industry have prompted the Productivity Commission to recommend a national independent audit of training standards for personal care workers.

Aged care patients could have better quality and safer care if the government mandated minimum training requirements for workers, a new report states.

A Territory university is embarking on a first-of-its-kind program in Darwin’s closest international neighbour. Read the details. The first cohort begun training on May 12, 2025, with Timorese ...

Under the policy, which was first announced in May, people are able to gain access to full work rights after completing a short course in aged care. The change in the visa system was introduced in a ...

The National Centre for Healthy Ageing-led research, in partnership with Monash University and Peninsula Health, drew on interviews with 24 care leavers and found one of the most pressing concerns for ...