The Commonwealth Ombudsman has found Labor’s aged care algorithm “unreasonable”. It can’t be overridden, even when clinicians agree it’s wrong. Within hours, the ministers blamed the system they “inherited,” despite the fact they created the IAT tool and continue to defend it. Read More

A dying man who slept in a Bunnings chair while waiting for aged care funding received his money two days after he died. Neil Raymond’s story is heartbreaking, but sadly it’s not uncommon. Thousands of older Australians are dying in the queue for care. Read More

An aged care worker who campaigned to scrap English tests for nurses has been accused of trying to force-feed residents, unwanted hugging and rough handling of the elderly people in his care. Read More