Interview with the Minister of Aged Care, Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP

Ian Yates AM, CEO COTA Australia interviews keynote speakers Amy Laffan, Assistant Secretary of the Aged Care Quality and Regulatory Reform Branch and Andrea Coote, Chair, Aged Care Quality Advisory Council from the Criterion Conference Quality in Aged Care #agedcarequality18 Read More

When the house next door came up for sale at a regional aged care facility, management bought it and set it up like a ‘regular’ home so residents living with dementia could visit – and take part in cooking, cleaning and gardening. The residents are much happier since they have been enabled to continue taking part in simple household tasks, said the home’s dementia and wellbeing consultant. Read More

Every day at work in our aged care home you can see the anxious faces of our staff. This is not a recent phenomenon but has been the accumulation of stresses over the past few years. Our home is not the only one to experience this. It is sector wide and it needs to be... Read More