A recent change to an award rate for home carers will see the cost passed on to some clients, with older people potentially paying a 20% increase in fees.
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Attendees of the ‘Health, justice and ageing’ symposium held in Sydney last week, heard of the expanding network of lawyers being embedded in health services across the country. Health justice partnerships, as these arrangements are called, have the primary aim of helping older Australians address any legal challenges they face as they move through the...
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With 30% of the aged care workforce in isolation, a new union survey has revealed that four in five aged care staff believe their facility was not prepared for the Omicron outbreak, with workers dealing with “severe understaffing” and “excessive workloads”.
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