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Revealed: The funding trick behind Labor’s “shrinking” aged care waitlist

The sudden, celebrated drop in the waitlist after the "once in a generation" reforms took effect wasn't the result of people getting care faster. It was largely the result of a change to what counts as "waiting" at all. Read More

Cruel by design: Four Corners exposed how Labor built a machine to say No to older Australians

By Jakob Neeland

Last night's Four Corners investigation exposed how Labor built a machine to say NO to older Australians more efficiently, and quietly redefined how it counts wait times to make a broken system look better on paper. Cruel by design, not by accident. Behind the numbers: real families like Audrey's and Sean's, still waiting, still being failed. Read More

Metropolitan aged care occupancy passes 94% as admissions fall and room prices surge

By HelloCare Editorial Team

A record number of aged care homes increased their advertised room prices in July, pushing the average above $615,000 as metropolitan occupancy passed 94% for the first time in more than a decade. Read More

Reforms claim it’s improving. So why has aged care lost nearly 1,840 Enrolled Nurses?

By HelloCare Editorial Team

New ANMF survey data suggests mandated care minutes are being met on paper, while the skilled nursing workforce delivering that care quietly shrinks. Read More

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Revealed: The funding trick behind Labor’s “shrinking” aged care waitlist

Cruel by design: Four Corners exposed how Labor built a machine to say No to older Australians

Metropolitan aged care occupancy passes 94% as admissions fall and room prices surge

Reforms claim it’s improving. So why has aged care lost nearly 1,840 Enrolled Nurses?

“Part of the job”: Aged care staff feel that management dismisses violence

“Part of the job”: Aged care staff feel that management dismisses violence

Lipstick on a pig: The Government’s Support at Home submission doesn’t survive scrutiny

Lipstick on a pig: The Government’s Support at Home submission doesn’t survive scrutiny

The CPAP dilemma: How aged care reform is pushing Australia’s hospitals to breaking point

The CPAP dilemma: How aged care reform is pushing Australia’s hospitals to breaking point

Aged care nurses receive final pay rise of Labor’s $18 billion wage overhaul

Aged care nurses receive final pay rise of Labor’s $18 billion wage overhaul

Medication mix-ups in aged care linked to three preventable deaths

Medication mix-ups in aged care linked to three preventable deaths

The ban on telehealth in voluntary assisted dying doesn’t stack up

The ban on telehealth in voluntary assisted dying doesn’t stack up

Aged care’s medication divide: one care worker’s account of a reform in limbo

Aged care’s medication divide: one care worker’s account of a reform in limbo

I used to judge people who put their parents into aged care. Then dementia made me one of them

I used to judge people who put their parents into aged care. Then dementia made me one of them

Empty codes: The CHSP referral problem leaving seniors without support

Empty codes: The CHSP referral problem leaving seniors without support

“Sorry, I can’t give you any ice cream”: Inside aged care’s biggest HELF problem

“Sorry, I can’t give you any ice cream”: Inside aged care’s biggest HELF problem