Almost 2500 elderly Australians are trapped in hospital beds due to aged care shortages, as health ministers meet to tackle the billion-dollar crisis. Federal and state health ministers met in Perth ...

Residents with higher incomes and assets will be required to pay for a larger contribution than those on a pension.

La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Aged care financing is a vexed problem for the Australian government. It is already underfunded for the quality the community ...

An aged care system operating at capacity is putting pressure on Perth's hospitals, with 200 hospital beds a day used by people waiting to get into aged care in WA. The CEO of Southern Cross Care said ...

For 20,000 older Australians who have been patiently waiting for assistance to help them live at home, Wednesday's announcement that the government will immediately fund more packages is "very ...

From October 1, aged care homes will need to meet both of their legislated care minutes targets, total care minutes and registered nurse minutes, to receive 3 stars or more for their staffing rating.

The move will mean a level two registered nurse – the most common level among registered nurses – will earn an extra $60.20 a week, while enrolled nurses will receive an extra $62.20 a week. Personal ...

Click here to download an Easy-to-Read version of the report At that stage he couldn’t walk, only shuffle, he was very, very depressed, just crying all the time. And he couldn’t swallow… He would say, ...