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The title of today’s Interim Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, ‘Neglect’, encapsulates aged care in Australia. Unfortunately, it’s that simple – the history of aged care in Australia is a story of woeful and increasing neglect, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). The Commission’s Interim Report... Read More

In the week leading up to the announcement of the Royal Commission, I happened to be in the presence of some prominent figures from one of aged care’s biggest providers, and they were already bracing themselves. Although these people seemed to have no prior knowledge of Scott Morrisson’s pending announcement, their feelings of trepidation actually... Read More

  The Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Richard Colbeck, has announced the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will be extended for six months. The government has agreed to the Royal Commission’s request for a six-month extension so it can to continue hearing evidence from around Australia and continue to... Read More