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• Caring & Carers
Right to choose or duty of care? A workforce view of COVID vaccine mandate
Earlier in the week, the Federal Government announced it’s making it mandatory for all staff working in aged care to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The mandate sparked many responses, some are in...

• Caring & Carers
• · Culture Awareness
Volunteer organisations thank their unpaid workers
Aged and community care organisations have been expressing their appreciation for their volunteer base over National Volunteering Week, 17-23 May, as many community services wouldn’t be possible...

• Caring & Carers
• · Finance
New report finds poor pay and conditions the reason workers are leaving aged care
Industry superfund organisation HESTA has released research that found workers in aged care are leaving the sector due to poor wages and conditions, and HESTA is calling on the Government to improve...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Aged care workers left in the dark about COVID-19 vaccines
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been labelled a “giant stuff-up” by aged care workers with an industry survey finding staff have been left in the dark around when or where they should be...

• Advice
• · Education & Training
Improving your job prospects as an older person with disability
A new pilot program based in Western Sydney is aiming to assist older Australians with disability in enhancing their work prospects through improving their digital literacy abilities.

• Safety & Security
• · Technology
Technology leading the way for safety first aged care
SPONSORED STORY – Across industries and geographies, safety has been top of mind this year. The significance and impact of safety are ever-present in the aged care industry due to the turmoil of...

• Leadership
Aged care industry prepares for the road ahead
Industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) held a webinar for their members last week, covering the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety’s Final Report and what it...

• Education & Training
• · Leadership
LASA Mentoring Program develops leadership skills for mentees
Industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), will be beginning its second Mentoring Program in February following a successful inaugural start to the initiative that had all of...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
COVID-19 vaccination rollout begins Monday
The Federal Government’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout will be starting on Monday, 22 February, with Australia’s most vulnerable and front line workers soon able to receive the first...

• Finance
• · Government
Industry comes together to demand reform in aged care
A new sector alliance announced today, the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), is demanding huge industry reform once the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recommendations are...

• Government
• · Leadership
Official launch of the Voluntary Industry Code of Practice for Aged Care
A new Code of Practice for Aged Care, intended to uphold the quality of care delivered in the industry as well as better support the aged care workforce, has been officially launched. And while...

• Culture Awareness
• · Finance
Landmark work value case calls for 25 percent aged care wage increase
The Health Services Union (HSU), a members-based union, has launched a landmark work value case with the Fair Work Commission in a bid to lift wages by 25 percent for the aged care workforce.

• Education & Training
• · Finance
Aged care sector responds to missed opportunities in Federal Budget
The Federal Government released the Federal Budget on Tuesday night which offered investments into the aged care sector but has still been labelled by peak bodies and aged care providers as a missed...

• Finance
• · Government
ROYAL COMMISSION: Lacking regulation and future funding changes
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety held seven days of hearings, running from 14-18 and 21-22 of September, covering how the aged care funding system developed, regulation issues...

• Government
• · Health and Wellbeing
Senate Committee critical of Government response to COVID-19 in aged care
A COVID-19 Senate Select Committee was held on 21 August, to receive evidence from aged care officials about the Government response to the coronavirus in aged care, leaving a few committee members...