Aged care subsidy indexation figure inadequate
Aged care providers are seeking an urgent explanation from the federal government following today’s extremely disappointing announcement that subsidies paid by government to providers to care for and support older Australians will increase by only 1.7 per cent during...
Aged Care providers face growing financial pressure
Aged care providers are facing growing financial pressure according to the latest StewartBrown figures which show more than two thirds of providers are operating at a loss. Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) Interim CEO Paul Sadler says the...
Aged care providers welcome wage increase but government action needed to fund it and improve quality of care
Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), the new peak body representing aged care providers, has welcomed today’s Fair Work Commission decision to put more money in the pockets of low-paid workers, but is concerned that inadequate indexation of...
Aged care providers mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), the new peak body representing aged care providers, has marked World Elder Abuse Awareness Day with a renewed commitment to address ageism and a call for all Australians to join providers, consumers, carers and...
Aged care providers welcome new aged care Ministers
Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), the new peak body representing aged care providers, has congratulated Mark Butler, who will assume the Cabinet role of Minister for Health & Aged Care, Anika Wells on her appointment as Minister for Aged...
New government and crossbench must deliver ambitious aged care reform, address immediate workforce crisis
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) is calling on the incoming Labor government and the large crossbench to deliver on the promise of political change by nominating aged care reform as a priority for the first 100 days and to ensure it features in any...
Aged care crisis worsens: closures and new financial analysis highlight urgency of action by next government
The Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) says there is mounting evidence that the dire situation facing aged care continues to worsen, with the release of new financial analysis from UTS and further reports of workforce and service availability gaps. The next...
LASA CEO Sean Rooney to step down after six years
After six years leading Australia’s largest aged care sector peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), CEO Sean Rooney has decided to step down and will not participate in the process to recruit a CEO for the new aged care peak body, Aged & Community Care...
Aged care scorecard: Peaks call for urgent action
A new scorecard released today by the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) shows there is much more work yet to be done by the major parties on delivering the crucial reforms recommended by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety. Aged care is at...
New aged care organisation ACCPA announces Board
The newly formed Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) has announced its inaugural Board structure, as the new organisation works towards being operational by July 2022. Members of the new 15-strong Board have appointed Dr Graeme Blackman AO FTSE...