LASA says a national ‘thank you’ to the 70,000-plus volunteers who contribute so much to the wellbeing of over 1.3 million older Australians receiving home and residential care services. Hundreds of LASA Members will be celebrating National Volunteer Week, with the...

Aged care operators across the Rockhampton area in Queensland are on high alert and are implementing additional precautions, after a staff member tested positive to COVID-19 at the North Rockhampton Nursing Centre. Maintaining the safety of vulnerable older people and...

The ‘Industry Code for Visiting Residential Aged Care Homes during COVID-19’ has been released by 13 aged care peak bodies and consumer advocacy organisations. The Code creates a nationally consistent approach that ensures residents can receive visitors while...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) and the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) have partnered to produce a short video series aimed at helping protect older people from COVID-19. Titled ‘Your health is in all of our hands – keeping older Australians safe from...

LASA praises nurses for their leadership and dedication in caring for older Australians, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. International Nurses Day, 12 May 2020, marks the 200th birthday of the legendary Florence Nightingale, with the theme ‘A voice to...

A national survey of Members conducted by LASA shows the vast majority of staff, residents, relatives and friends of residents in aged care homes approve of restrictions on visits. The survey - centred on residential care and covering more than 860 participants –...

Medication Harm The extent of medication-related harm to older Australians is well known to Ward MM and LASA, with over 250,000 hospitalisations each year at a cost of $1.4 billion (1). It has been estimated that 50% of this harm is preventable (1). The recent Royal...

LASA is offering to work with the Government on a detailed, long-term strategy to reduce the wait for Home Care Packages (HCP) at a recipient’s approved level to three months. LASA CEO Sean Rooney said the latest report showed another significant reduction in the...

The aged care sector has welcomed the Federal Government’s acknowledgement of the aged care workforce being on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19, and the hard work they are doing, in difficult circumstances, to minimise risk of infection to older...

Aged care services are working hard to keep older Australians safe - and we need your help Aged care services are at the forefront of saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic, committed staff working harder than ever before to keep hundreds of thousands of...