The best of age services in Western Australia will be in the spotlight when the LASA Excellence in Age Services Awards are announced at LASA’s inaugural WA State Conference in Perth next Wednesday evening, 29 May. The awards promote and recognise excellence across the...

  Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, has congratulated Prime Minister Scott Morrison on the Coalition’s election win and says aged care must be a priority for this Government. LASA CEO Sean Rooney says the Prime Minister has said that...

With more than 100 stands and seminars on two stages, the third Care and Ageing Expo at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre over the weekend of August 3 and 4, will focus on products and information enabling older people to enjoy the ageing process. An...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, says today’s announcement by the ALP that it will address a number of key issues facing aged care if elected is generally good news for older Australians and the sector. CEO Sean Rooney says LASA has been...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, says the release of the Labor Party’s policy costings today shows there is no vision for addressing the critical issues facing the sector that cares for 1.3 million older Australians. LASA CEO Sean Rooney...

Aged care providers, staff, clients and families are being urged to come together on Tuesday 14 May to take part in a National Day of Action to let their local candidates know that aged care is an issue of national importance. CEO of Leading Age Services Australia...

        Pictured above (l-r): Individual winner Justin Dover; from Carrington Care - Vicki Martins, Raad Richards and Edwina Whiley; Rising Star Novica Blazeski; and from IRT Namaste Team - Sydney, Alex Reid, Amanda Bryant, Yvette Connolly and...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, says the Labor Party’s federal election campaign launch yesterday was a lost opportunity for the party to show its commitment to aged care. LASA CEO Sean Rooney says making the system better should be a...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, has accused the major parties of ignoring the needs of older Australians in the federal election campaign. LASA CEO Sean Rooney says Labor has put aged care workforce issues on the backburner until after...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of Aged Care, has welcomed today’s announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of $34 million to establish a new Aged Care Workforce Research Centre. The Centre will examine new ways to deliver care for older...