Healthdirect Australia has been engaged by federal and state health departments as part of a national strategy to reduce the impact of influenza on emergency departments and GP’s. Healthdirect Australia has developed a communications toolkit to promote messages about...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) CEO Sean Rooney said Australia is facing a ‘new normal’ as the ‘baby boomers’ generation ages and it requires a shift in the way we think about ageing and aged care. Mr Rooney said we are witnessing the dawning of a new era where...

The peak bodies representing Australia’s aged care industry today said residential aged care providers strive to provide the highest quality of care to older Australians while continuously improving on standards of care. This is achieved through the dedicated work of...

Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt AM is calling on young Australians to consider diverse and exciting new careers in the rapidly growing aged care sector. Launching Australia’s first aged care Next Gen Young Leaders Forum in Perth today, Minister Wyatt said strong,...

The NEXT GEN Young Leaders Forum in Perth on Tuesday 15 May is the first event under the NEXT GEN initiative and will be launched by the Federal Minister for Aged Care Hon Ken Wyatt MP. Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) is launching the NEXT GEN initiative to...

Australia’s voice of aged care, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), said while the 2018-19 Federal Budget is a step in the right direction for older Australians and the age services industry there is much more work to do. LASA CEO Sean Rooney said Australia is...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) CEO Sean Rooney advocates that aged care requires urgent funding support in the 2018-19 Federal Budget to ensure quality services are available for older Australians where and when they need them. Budget priorities for the aged...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) is launching the NEXT GEN initiative to attract the best and brightest young leaders and professionals to steer the age services industry through a period of unprecedented growth and change and into the future. LASA CEO Sean...

Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s peak age services body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) Sean Rooney acknowledged the Government’s announcement requiring aged care providers to make flu vaccines available for aged care workers. “Mandating aged care...

Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) CEO Sean Rooney welcomes the Turnbull Government’s response to the Carnell-Paterson Review recommendations, including the establishment of an independent Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to centralise accreditation,...