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Minister Hunt and high-profile experts headline LASA’s Royal Commission Aged Care Transformed Forum
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, will host a two-day Aged Care Transformed Forum, following the Royal Commission’s Final Report including comprehensive analysis from Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt and a raft of national experts. “This...
Age services providers called to support critical collection of workforce data
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), in partnership with Mercer, is calling on every residential and home care provider across Australia to participate in a critical workforce benchmarking study to help drive a sustainable future for the age services industry. Lack...
New 2021 LASA Mentoring Program builds on shining success of mentees and mentors
LASA is continuing its successful Mentoring Program in February, which builds on the shining success of the original 2020 series. A survey of the inaugural program found that 100% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their expectations of the LASA Mentoring...
Australia’s Big Christmas Sing-A-Long a festive success and supporting artists during COVID-19
The online Big Christmas Sing-A-Long was a great success, watched live by up to 500,000 older people on Thursday, 17 December, across Australia and around the world, along with their families and care staff. The superbly produced two-hour show - hosted by Studio 10...
LASA looking forward to working with Ministers Hunt and Colbeck on improving aged care in Australia
LASA congratulates the Morrison Government on bringing the aged care and senior Australians portfolio into the Federal Cabinet and looks forward to continuing to work with Health Minister Greg Hunt and Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck. “It’s about time, because...
LASA’s leadership and services honoured by Associations Award
LASA, the voice of aged care, has been praised in the 2020 Association Awards. While the association of Restaurant and Catering Australia (RCA) won the Association of the Year Award, for the first time a Runner Up prize was given. LASA was declared Runner Up due to...
Home care funding acknowledged but residential care and workforce needs more than a Band-Aid response
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), the voice of aged care, acknowledges the MYEFO $850 million investment in another 10,000 Home Care Packages but is calling for a plan for home care and a comprehensive response to residential care, plus a big increase in...
Celebrities and older Australians to star and soar spirits in Australia’s Big Christmas Sing-A-Long
A host of Australian celebrities will create a two-hour national Christmas celebration to lift spirits among 1.5 million older Australians in aged care and retirement living, their families and care staff, who have endured pandemic restrictions. Called the Big...
We are stronger together: Soaring Member satisfaction and LASA a finalist in the Associations Awards
LASA's 2020 Member Survey has revealed a 98 per cent overall satisfaction with LASA and a large increase in respondents being extremely or very satisfied. At the same time, LASA has been selected as a finalist in the Association of the Year Award, with the winners to...
2020 innovAGEING National Awards Winners
innovAGEING and its Foundation Partners, the Commonwealth Bank and KPMG Australia, are honoured to declare the winners of the 2020 innovAGEING National Awards. From holistic wound management, a Positive Ageing Tool and using Artificial Intelligence to prevent pressure...