innovAGEING National Awards Winners 2021
innovAGEING and its Foundation Partners, the Commonwealth Bank and KPMG Australia, are honoured to announce the winners of the 2021 innovAGEING National Awards. From a village-like community, to de-institutionalising age services, innovative manual handling training...
Aged care providers welcome new National Aged Care Advisory Council
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) welcomes the establishment of the National Aged Care Advisory Council as recommended by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety and announced by the Federal Government today. The 17-member Advisory Council...
Urgent call to protect older people from an aged care workforce crisis
Older people are missing out on care as a result of acute workforce shortages, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia’s aged care workforce is reaching a crisis point. Availability of workers is under extreme pressure. Some aged care homes are unable to...
Home and community aged care staff encouraged to get vaccinated
Aged care staff who work in home care and community services are encouraged to get their COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as possible so they can increase protection for the vulnerable older Australians they care for. There has been an overwhelmingly positive response to...
Call for urgent meeting with Victorian Government over unvaccinated visitors in residential aged care
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) has called on the Victorian Government to urgently review a decision to allow unvaccinated visitors to residential aged care homes in the state. The AACC has written to the Victoria Chief Health Officer, Professor Brett...
Analysis of Delta outbreaks needed
LASA is calling on the Federal Government to conduct on an independent analysis of Delta COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care to inform the sector on keeping residents and staff safe as we begin living with COVID. LASA CEO Sean Rooney welcomed the release by the government...
Finalists for LASA innovAGEING Awards announced
innovAGEING, along with its Foundation Partners the Commonwealth Bank and KPMG Australia, is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2021 innovAGEING National Awards. The organisation finalists in the six categories are: Age Services Innovator of the Year Award...
Aged care industry welcomes Council of Elders but reform roadmap behind schedule
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) says the formation of the Council of Elders is an important step forward but highlights how behind schedule the government is on the broader reform agenda for aged care. The AACC agrees with the Royal Commission that the...
Huge effort by aged care providers achieves nearly 97 per cent of staff with first dose vaccination
Residential aged care staff have risen to the challenge and helped providers achieve a first dose COVID-19 vaccination for nearly 97% of all who work in residential aged care by today’s deadline. This massive effort means our aged care sector is #ProudtoProtect and is...
LASA supports making a big difference in dementia
LASA is supporting Dementia Australia during Dementia Action Week 2021. Over 470,000 Australians are living with dementia with a further 1.6 million people caring for them. Around 70 per cent of people with dementia live in the community and more than two-thirds of...
