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Voluntary assisted dying is now lawful in all Australian states. There is also widespread community support for it. Yet some residential institutions, such as hospices and aged care facilities, are obstructing access despite the law not specifying whether they have the legal right to do so. Read More

A home care provider is calling on the government to create a mental health helpline for aged care staff and resilience training for staff to help combat a rise in abuse from families due to delays in aged care services. Read More

Recruiting and retaining aged care staff has been a challenge for the sector for years. Now the pandemic has magnified the issue, with nurses taking their considerable skills elsewhere in the healthcare sector, where the pay is better, there is a different cohort of patients, better ratios, and the media scrutiny is less intense. “Health... Read More