Today’s release of the Royal Commission report into Aged Care Quality and Safety is a critical watershed moment in Australia’s quest for a fair and just system that gives older people the care and choice they need and deserve, according to the nation’s aged care providers. […]
Aged Care Needs Big Picture Reforms Out of The Royal Commission
The aged care industry is hopeful today’s Royal Commission report into Aged Care Quality and Safety will set the standard of big picture reform required for older Australians to receive the care they deserve and ensure previous failures are not repeated. […]
Guardian Australia: ‘Failing our older citizens’: most people willing to pay higher taxes to improve aged care
Representatives from the newly formed Australian Aged Care Collaboration – made up of peak bodies including Aged and Community Services Australia, Leading Age Services Australia and religious providers Anglicare, Uniting Care and Catholic Health Australia – met with government officials in Canberra. […]
ABC NewsRadio: Over 20 reviews into Aged Care suggest sector is still failing Australians
The new ‘Australian Aged Care Collaboration’ alliance is today launching a campaign to encourage Federal Parliament to address the sector’s many challenges. Home-care packages, which allow older people to stay in their homes and communities, are becoming more and more effective and popular. […]
ABC RN Breakfast: A new coalition of aged care organisations launches a campaign in 15 marginal seats
A coalition of aged care organisations is warning that almost 100,000 Australians are still on the waiting list for a Commonwealth home care package. […]
The Australian: MPs targeted in campaign to lift aged-care funds
Calling itself the Australian Aged Care Collaboration, the alliance claimed that Australia devoted funding of only 1.2 per cent of GDP to aged care when the average for comparable countries was running at 2.5 per cent of GDP. Governments were responsible for spending $21bn a year on aged care, 63 per cent of which went into residential centres. […]
News GP: ‘Enough is enough’: Aged care sector unites to demand reform
It’s time to care about aged care.That is the tagline of a new campaign launched by the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC), a new national coalition joined by more than a thousand aged care providers who are calling on politicians to take action to ensure better standards and funding. […]
The Advertiser: Nurses join campaign to pressure PM Scott Morrison on aged care
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration said yesterday it had identified electorates with the oldest populations, many in the bush, to pressure MPs to double aged-care funding with an extra $20bn. […]
Editorial – The Australian: Aged-care lobby to be front and centre of next election
The group is highlighting clear shortfalls in the system. In 2016-17, for example, 16,000 people died while awaiting government-subsidised support in their own homes. […]